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| Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court II (Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Maureen Harrison, Steve Gilbert
Publisher: Excellent Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1661913
Media: Paperback
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0962801429
Dewey Decimal Number: 347.7326
EAN: 9780962801426
ASIN: 0962801429
Publication Date: August 1991
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The basic decision December 15, 2005
This is part of a series that provides readers with the landmark case of a particular area of American life. From the front cover of each book, the reader knows what areas are being covered in each book.
For each entry, the authors give a brief summary of the context and procedural posture of each case (what courts the case went through to get to the Supreme Court). Next, is an abridged version of the court's opinion. In some cases, we also get a part of the dissent. Reading what the court actually said is very interesting, and the abridgment hasn't hurt the flow at all. Further, the authors provide a bibliography so that the reader can research further into an particular case in the book.
This particular edition has the following cases in order of appearance. Scott v. Sandford (the Dred Scott case), Minor v. Happersett, United States v. Anthony, Korematsu v. United States, Abington School District v. Shempp, "Fanny Hill" v. Massachusetts, Miranda v. Arizona, Furman v. Georgia, Bowers v. Hardwick, Hustler v. Falwell, Cruzan v. Missouri, and In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan.
I would recommend this book as a good summary of what the court said in the court's own words on some of the most important cases in American history.
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