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Landmark Decisions Of The United States Supreme Court
is a critically-acclaimed series containing significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions edited into plain non-legal English for the general reader.
Volume I covers ten cases: Brown v. Board of Education (school desegregation), Roth v. U.S. (obscenity), Engel v. Vitale (school prayer) Gideon v. Wainwright (fair trials), Griswold v. Connecticut (sexual privacy), N.Y. Times v. U.S. (censorship), Roe v. Wade (abortion), University of California v. Bakke (affirmative action), Board of Education v. Pico (book banning), and Texas v. Johnson (flag burning).
Volume II covers ten cases: Dred Scott v. Sandford (slavery), Minor v. Happersett (women's suffrage), Korematsu v. U.S. (Japanese-American concentration camps), Abington School District v. Schempp (bible reading in the public schools), "Fanny Hill" v. Massachusetts (the book banned in Boston), Miranda v. Arizona (rights of the accused), Furman v. Georgia (the death penalty), Bowers v. Hardwick (homosexuality), Hustler v. Falwell (offensive speech), and Cruzan v. Missouri (the right to die).
Volume III covers twelve cases: Marbury v. Madison (executive privilege), Schenck v. U.S. (clear and present danger), Buck v. Bell (forced sterilization), Scottsboro Boys v. Alabama (mob justice), Minersville School District v. Gobitis and Board of Education v. Barnette (the Pledge Of Allegiance), Mapp v. Ohio (illegal search and seizure), Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage), Epperson v. Arkansas (monkey trials), Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson (sexual harassment), and Allegheny County v. ACLU (separation of church and state).
Provides understanding without a lot of legalese. - Library Bulletin
A remarkably good idea. - American Libraries
The readability is remarkable. - Booklist
Volume IV covers twelve cases: McCullough v. Maryland (federal supremacy), The Cherokees v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia (the trail of tears), In The Matter of Milligan (Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus), Plessy v. Ferguson (separate but equal), Standard Oil v. U.S. (trust busting), Hammer v. Dagenhart (child labor), The Rosenbergs v. U.S. (the atomic spies), N.Y. Times v. Sullivan (libel), Muhammad Ali v. U.S. (conscientious objection), and R.A.V. v. St. Paul and Wisconsin v. Mitchell (hate crimes).
Volume V covers eleven cases: The Antelope and The Amistad (slave ships), Cantwell v. Connecticut (religious liberty), Cramer v. U.S. (treason), Toth v. Quarles (military justice), Leary v. U.S. (marijuana), Eisenstadt v. Baird (birth control), Flood v. Kuhn (baseball), Corning v. Brennan (equal pay for equal work), DeShaney v. Winnebago (child abuse), and Simon & Schuster v. New York Crime Victims Board (the "Son of Sam" law).
Volume VI covers eleven cases: The Boolman-Swartwout Case (the Aaron Burr conspiracy), The Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (the Dartmouth College case), Muller v. Oregon (women's work), U.S. v. Jack Miller (the right to bear arms), Schecter Poultry v. U.S. (the "sick chicken" case), In The Matter of General Tomoyuka Yamashita (the law of war), John T. Watkins v. U.S. (un-American activities), Reynolds v. Sims (one person, one vote), President William J. Clinton v. The City of New York (the Presidential line item veto), and Washington State v. Glucksberg and New York State v. Quill (the right to die).
Outstanding. - American Libraries Especially recommended. - Midwest Book Review
Makes us aware how fragile our liberties are. - American Libraries
Volume VII covers fourteen cases decided from 2000-2005: Violence Against Women (United States v. Morrison); The Contested Presidential Election (Bush v. Gore); Birth Abortion (Stenberg v. Carhart); The Gay Boy Scout Leader (Boy Scouts Of America v. Dale); Executing The Mentally Retarded (Atkins v. Virginia); Internet Pornography (United States v. American Library Association); Affirmative Action (Grutter v. Bollinger); Sodomy (Lawrence & Garner v. Texas); The Al Qaeda Cases (Hamdi v. Rumsfeld and Rumsfeld v. Padilla); Medical Marijuana (Gonzales v. Raich); Private Property Rights (Kelo v. City of New London); and The Ten Commandments Cases (Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County v. ACLU.
First Amendment Decisions Of The United States Supreme Court
is our highly-acclaimed, three-volume series of major Supreme Court decisions on Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, and Freedom of Religion, edited into plain, non-legal English for the general reader.
Freedom Of Speech Decisions
Of The United States Supreme Court
This volume contains thirteen decisions edited into plain English for the general reader, including Schenck v. U.S. (shouting fire in a crowded theater), Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (fighting words), Feiner v. New York (violent speech), Brandenburg v. Ohio (hate speech), R.A.V. v. St. Paul (symbols of hate), FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (filthy words), Island Trees School Board v. Pico (the right to read), Texas v. Johnson (offensive speech), Cox v. Louisiana (street speech), Frisby v. Schultz (unwanted speech), U.S. v. O'Brien (protest speech), Tinker v. Des Moines Schools (schoolhouse speech), and Cohen v. California (vulgar speech).
General readers will profit immensely. - American Reference Books Annual
Freedom Of The Press Decisions
Of The United States Supreme Court
This volume contains fourteen decisions edited into plain English for the general reader, including Near v. Minnesota (malicious and scandalous newspapers), N.Y. Times v. Sullivan (libel of public officials), N.Y. Times v. U.S. (the Pentagon Papers), Cox Broadcasting v. Cohn (the rape shield law), Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (infliction of emotional distress), Miami Herald v. Tornillo (the right to reply), Branzburg v. Hayes (protecting confidential news sources), Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC (the Fairness Doctrine), Gannett Co. v. DePasquale (pretrial publicity), Smith v. Daily Mail (the juvenile shield law), Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart (gagging the press), Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia (excluding the press), Zurcher v. Stanford Daily (searches and seizures in newsrooms), and Denver Telecommunications v. FCC (x-rated cable broadcasts).
Highly recommended. - American Reference Books Annual
Freedom Of Religion Decisions
Of The United States Supreme Court
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This volume contains twenty decisions edited into plain English for the general reader, including Reynolds v. U.S. (Mormon polygamy), Pierce v. Society of Sisters (the right to attend a parochial school), Cantwell v. Connecticut (religious liberty), Everson v. Ewing Board of Education (public money for religious purposes), Zorach v. Clauson (early release time for religious instruction), Engel v. Vitale (school prayer), Abington Schools v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett (bible reading in the public schools), Epperson v. Arkansas (the "monkey" law), Walz v. N.Y. Tax Commission (tax exemptions for church property), Lemon v. Kurtzman and Robinson v. DiCenso (taxpayer support of religious schools), Wisconsin v. Yoder (compulsory education of the Amish), Stone v. Graham (the "Ten Commandments" Act), Lynch v. Donnelly (the creche case), O'Lone v. Shabazz (Islamic prayers in prison), LAX v. Jews for Jesus (distribution of religious literature), Lee v. Weisman (prayers at graduation), Santeria Church v. Hialeah (ritual animal sacrifice), and Kiryas Joel Village School v. Grumet (the Jewish school district).
A good investment. - American Reference Books Annual
