The Pursuit of Justice: Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped America / Edition 1

by Kermit L. Hall, John J. Patrick

Overview

This book analyzes the thirty cases that, in the opinion of U.S. Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators and legal historians, are the most important for American citizens to understand. Each chapter includes a narrative account, focusing on leading personalities involved in the case(s), and one or more primary source documents relevant to the case. An appendix summarizes an additional 100 cases that are significant to American history and included in state history and civics standards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195311891
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/01/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	11.22(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.82(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years