Supreme Court drama / Brannen, Daniel E.

Contains profiles of forty-five U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding business and government law, with overview essays on the legal principles of federal powers and separation of powers, federalism and state powers, labor and labor practices, military law and issues, Native Americans, taxation, and antitrust, business, corporate, and contract law.

Contains profiles of over twenty-seven U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding equal protection and civil rights, with overview essays on the legal principles of reproductive rights, segregation and desegregation, voting rights and election issues, and rights of immigrants, gays, lesbians, and the disabled.

Contains profiles of thirty U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding equal protection and civil rights, with overview essays on the legal principles of affirmative action, the right to die and assisted suicide, civil rights and equal protection, and gender discrimination and sexual harassment.

Contains profiles of forty-eight U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding criminal justice and family law, with overview essays on the legal principles of capital punishment, criminal law and procedure, family law, juries, juvenile court and laws, and search and seizure.

Profiles cases that have influenced the development of key aspects of law in the United States; grouped according to the legal principle on which they are based, covering topics related to individual liberties. Includes alphabetical and chronological lists of cases, and a guide to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Contains profiles of fifty U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have had a significant impact on American society, covering cases regarding individual liberties, with overview essays on the legal principles of freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, right to privacy, freedom of religion and the establishment clause, and freedom of speech.