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The Pursuit of Justice - Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped America (Paperback, New)
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The Pursuit of Justice - Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped America (Paperback, New)
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With a survey of the thirty Supreme Court 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, The Pursuit of Justice is the perfect companion for
those wishing to learn more about American civics and government.
The cases range across three centuries of American history,
including such landmarks as Marbury v. Madison (1803), which
established the principle of judicial review; Scott v. Sandford
(1857), which inflamed the slavery argument in the United States
and led to the Civil War; Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which
memorialized the concept of separate but equal; and Brown v. Board
of Education (1954), which overturned Plessy. Dealing with issues
of particular concern to students, such as voting, school prayer,
search and seizure, and affirmative action, and broad democratic
concepts such as separation of powers, federalism, and separation
of church and state, the book covers all the major cases specified
in the national and state civics and American history standards.
For each case, there is an introductory essay providing historical
background and legal commentary as well as excerpts from the
decision(s); related documents such as briefs or evidence, with
headnotes and/or marginal commentary, some possibly in facsimile;
and features or sidebars on principal players in the decisions,
whether attorneys, plaintiffs, defendants, or justices. An
introductory essay defines the criteria for selecting the cases and
setting them in the context of American history and government, and
a concluding essay suggests the role that the Court will play in
the future.
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