Student's Guide to the Supreme Court (Student's Guides to the U. S. Government, Band 4) - Softcover

Schulman, Bruce J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087289553X ISBN 13: 9780872895539

Verlag: CQ Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

An indispensable reference for students studying the Court

Specifically written to engage high-school students, Student’s Guide to the Supreme

Court presents a comprehensive overview of the history, traditions, and people of the highest court in the land. This one-stop source does not require any prior knowledge of the Supreme Court and covers topics that meet national high school curriculum standards.

Part One consists of three informative essays:

• The Supreme Court: The Weakest or the Strongest Branch?
• How Does the President Nominate a Supreme Court Justice?
• Do They Matter? How Supreme Court Decisions Affect Modern American Life.

Part Two is an alphabetical section of key words and legal concepts spanning abortion to writs of mandamus. The members of the current Roberts Court—including Sonia Sotomayor—are profiled here, as are all chief justices and notable associate justices.

Part Three complements the first two sections with a generous sampling of influential primary source documents, including landmark decisions, excerpts from justices’ papers, political cartoons, and constitutional provisions related to the Supreme Court.

Key Features

• Easy-to-read
• Aligns with high school curriculum
• Unique three-part format

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Advisory editor Bruce J. Schulman, Ph.D., is the William E. Huntington Professor of History at Boston University. Throughout his career, he has taken an active role in high school education. He served as principal investigator for the Teaching American History grant program with the Boston public schools and worked with History Alive, a curriculum-based interactive instructional program. Schulman also served as director of the History Project, a joint effort of the University of California and the California State Department of Education to improve history education in California's public primary and secondary schools. He is the author of several award-winning scholarly books on American history and politics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: CQ Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 087289553X
• ISBN 13: 9780872895539
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: CQ Press; https://library.cqpress.com/index.php; ; 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW - Suite 600; WASHINGTON; DC; 20004; USA
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