The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States / editor in chief, Kermit L. Hall ; editors, James W. Ely, Jr., Joel B. Grossman, William M. Wiecek.

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In Democracy in America, de Tocqueville observed that there is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one. Two hundred years of American history have certainly born out the truth of this remark. Whether a controversy is political, economi...

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Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Hall, Kermit L., 1944-2006
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Subjects:
LAW > Government > Federal.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Electronic books.
Common law.
Supreme Court (VS)
Law courts.
United States. > Supreme Court > Encyclopedias.
Genre:
Encyclopedias.
Electronic books.
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Physical Description:xx, 1,032 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Supreme Court of the United States.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Constitution of the United States
  • Nominations and successions of the justices: Supreme Court nominations
  • Appointments, by presidential term
  • Chronology of the justices' succession
  • Succession of the justices
  • Trivia and traditions of the court: Firsts and trivia
  • Traditions of the court.