The Supreme Court
By: Kay Cornelius ; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., senior consulting editor
Contributors: Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007
Series: Your government--how it works
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780791055328
Subjects: Judicial power; Juvenile Literature; United States. Supreme Court; United States; Courts; Law; Juvenile literature
Description: Surveys the history, decisions, justices, and controversies of the highest court in the land.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
Table of contents: title: Government: Crises of confidence / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; title: History of the Supreme Court; title: What courts do; title: How the Supreme Court works; title: Famous Supreme Court justices; title: Famous cases and decisions; title: How the Court overrules itself.