Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Subtitle: the most influential decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
By: Richard A. Leiter, Roy M. Mersky
Contributors: Mersky, Roy M.; Hartman, Gary R.; United States. Supreme Court
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1224
ISBN-13: 9780816069576
Subjects: United States; Cases; Law; United States. Supreme Court
Description: Analyzes court cases organized chronologically by issue, each entry includes the case title and legal citation, year of decision, key issue, historical background, legal arguments, decision, significance, related cases, and recommended reading.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Landmark Supreme Court cases /  Gary Hartman, Roy M. Mersky, and Cindy L. Tate. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abortion; title: Antitrust and competition; title: Rights and equal protection; title: Contracts; title: Criminal rights; title: Death penalty; title: Due process; title: Executive privilege; title: Federalism; title: Insular cases; title: Intellectual property; title: Interstate commerce; title: Jurisdiction; title: Labor unions; title: Native american law; title: Freedom of the press; title: Privacy; title: Freedom of religion; title: Search and seizure; title: Sovereign immunity; title: Freedom of speech and assembly; title: Taxation; title: Additional cases.