| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits. |
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Checks and balances in the U.S. government
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Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The judiciary in perspective -- Judicial review -- Functions of courts -- Types of courts -- The Supreme Court of the United States -- Civil rights and the federal court -- Habeas corpus -- The legal concept of obscenity -- Privacy and reproductive rights -- Same-sex marriage and the law. |
| Summary |
This book discusses the U.S. judicial branch at all levels, including the Supreme Court, state and circuit courts, courts of appeals, and all their individual functions. Discusses some of the pivotal cases tried by the judicial branch in the United States, such as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade, and establishes the worth and importance of judges, juries, and lawyers to our nation's past and present. |
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Courts -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Civil rights -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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Law -- United States -- Interpretation and construction -- Juvenile literature.
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Justice, Administration of -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Duignan, Brian, editor.
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DeCarlo, Carolyn, editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Judicial branch. New York, NY : Britannica Educational Publishing, in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2019 9781538301678 (DLC) 2017056243 |
| ISBN |
9781538301692 (electronic book) |
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9781538301678 (library bound : alkaline paper) |
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9781538301685 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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