Historical U.S. Court Cases
by John W. Johnson
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This collection of essays looks at over 200 major court cases, at both state and federal levels, from the colonial period to the present. Organized thematically, the articles range from 1,000 to 5,000 words and include recent topics such as the Microsoft antitrust case, the O.J. Simpson trials, and the Clinton impeachment. This new edition includes 43 new essays as well as updates throughout, with end-of-essay bibliographies and indexes by case and subject/name.Tags
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- Canonical title
- Historical U.S. Court Cases
- Original publication date
- 1992 (1st edition, single volume) (1st edition, single volume); 2001 (2nd edition, two volume set) (2nd edition, two volume set)
- Important places
- USA
- Disambiguation notice
- 1st edition (1992): Historic U.S. court cases, 1690-1990 : an encyclopedia / [edited] by John W. Johnson (1 vol.); 2nd edition (2001) has title: ... (show all)"http://lccn.loc.gov/2001031651" rel="nofollow" target="_new">Historic U.S. court cases : an encyclopedia / John W. Johnson, editor (2 vols.)
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- Genres
- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 349.73 — Society, government, & culture Law Law of specific jurisdictions, areas, socioeconomic regions, regional intergovernmental organizations North America United States
- LCC
- KF352 .Z9 .H57 — Law Law of the United States Law of the United States (Federal) History
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
