The Oxford guide to the Supreme Court of the United States
By: editor in chief, Kermit L. Hall ; editors, James W. Ely, Jr., Joel B. Grossman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1239
ISBN-13: 9780195340945
Subjects: United States; United States. Supreme Court; Encyclopedias
Description: The Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history over the thirteen years since publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Two justices have joined the high court, more than 800 cases have been decided, and a good deal of new scholarship has appeared on many of the topics treated in the Companion. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, and the court as a whole played a decisive and controversial role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. Under Rehnquist's leadership, a bare majority of the justices have rewritten significant areas of the law dealing with federalism, sovereign immunity, and the commerce power. This new edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused. These developments make the second edition of this accessible and authoritative guide essential for judges, lawyers, academics, journalists, and anyone interested in the impact of the Court's decisions on American society.
Notes: Originally published in 2005 as The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, 2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Constitution of the United States; title: Nominations and succession of justices; title: Supreme Court nominations, 1789-2005; title: Appointments, by presidential term; title: Chronology of the justices' succession; title: Succession of the justices; title: Trivia and traditions of the court; title: Firsts and trivia; title: Traditions of the court.