The Supreme Court of the United States: A Student Companion (Oxford Student Companions to American Government)
Grade 6 Up–An enlightening, easy-to-use, and unbiased revision of the 2001 edition. A section on How to Use This Book is followed by alphabetically arranged entries on court decisions, justices' biographies, constitutional law and amendments, ideas and issues, and legal terms and phrases. Introductory information on the chief and associate justices of the court includes their education, terms of government service outside the court, and major decisions that were handed down during their service. Appendixes include Terms of the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court and Visiting the Supreme Court Building. Black-and-white photographs, maps, political cartoons, and other illustrations are included. What is lacking here is a copy of the Constitution, which is included in Kermit Hall'sThe Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States(2005). However, that book targets an older audience. Patrick's volume will make a solid addition.–Michelle Barsom, Bainbridge College, GACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.