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EBOOK U.S. Supreme Court:A Very Short Introduction
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199930067
EAN: 9FD99426EB
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Stron: 144
Data wydania: 2012
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For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the        activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New        York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the        court's history and of its written and unwritten rules to show readers how the        Supreme Court really works.Greenhouse offers a fascinating institutional biography        of a place and its people--men and women who exercise great power but whose names        and faces are unrecognized by many Americans and whose work often appears cloaked in        mystery. How do cases get to the Supreme Court? How do the justices go about        deciding them? What special role does the chief justice play? What do the law clerks        do? How does the court relate to the other branches of government? Greenhouse        answers these questions by depicting the justices as they confront deep        constitutional issues or wrestle with the meaning of confusing federal statutes.          Throughout, the author examines many individual Supreme Court cases to illustrate        points under discussion, ranging from Marbury v. Madison, the seminal case which        established judicial review, to the recent District of Columbia v. Heller (2008),        which struck down the District of Columbia's gun-control statute and which was,        surprisingly, the first time in its history that the Court issued an authoritative        interpretation of the Second Amendment. To add perspective, Greenhouse also compares        the Court to foreign courts, revealing interesting differences. For instance, no        other country in the world has chosen to bestow life tenure on its judges.A superb        overview packed with telling details, this volume offers a matchless introduction to        one of the pillars of American government.

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