{"product_id":"9780195379396","title":"The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Supreme Court has been the site of some of the great debates of American history, from child labor and prayer in the schools, to busing and abortion. \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions\u003c\/i\u003e offers lively and insightful accounts of the most important cases ever argued before the Court, from \u003ci\u003eMarbury v. Madison and Scott v. Sandford (the Dred Scott decision) to Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of the Guide contains more than 450 entries on major Supreme Court cases, including 53 new entries on the latest landmark rulings. Among the new entries are \u003ci\u003eBush v. Gore, Nixon v. United States, Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Institutional Rights.\u003c\/i\u003e Four decisions (\u003ci\u003eHamdi v. Bush, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Rasu v. Bush, and Rumsfeld v. Padilla) \u003c\/i\u003eare considered in a single essay entitled \"Enemy Combatant Cases.\" Arranged alphabetically and written by eminent legal scholars, each entry provides the \u003ci\u003eUnited States Reports\u003c\/i\u003e citation, the date the case was argued and decided, the vote of the Justices, who wrote the opinion for the Court, who concurred, and who dissented. More important, the entries feature an informative account of the particulars of the case, the legal and social background, the reasoning behind the Courts decision, and the cases impact on American society. For this edition, Ely has added an extensive Further Reading section and revised the Case Index and Topical Index. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone interested in the great controversies of our time, this invaluable book is a must reada primer on the epic constitutional battles that have informed American life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022587445488,"sku":"9780195379396","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780195379396_p0.jpg?v=1763664770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195379396","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}