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Overview Reference Books on Supreme Court

The U. S. Supreme Court
ISBN: 9781682171806
Publication Date: 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court is a comprehensive survey of the history and functions of the Supreme Court.This comprehensive set provides accessible information on all the Supreme Court Justices, articles on key constitutional issues and hundreds of landmark cases.
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States by Hall;Ely;Grossman
ISBN: 9780195176612
Publication Date: 2005
This new edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused.
The U.S. Supreme Court by Lewis
ISBN: 9781587653636
Publication Date: 2007
U.S. Supreme Court is a survey of the history and functions of the Supreme Court.

Resources from and about the Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court website with Opinions,Filing & Rulings, Oral Arguments with audio back to 2010, and Case Documents.
Oyez - Oral Arguments at Supreme Court
"Oyez (pronounced OH-yay)—a free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law—is a multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone." This site has oral argument recordings back to 1955
Justia - Supreme Court
Supreme Court resources hosted on Justia, a free legal resource.

Finding Cases and Case Law in Nexis Uni

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International, national and local news sources including the Christian Science Monitor and the New York Times.

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