Selected by the New York Public Library as one of the 30 "Outstanding Reference Books of the Past Year" 1993, and awarded a Gavel Certificate of Merit by the American Bar Association, 1993.
How to Use This Book
The Constitution: A Guided Tour
Some Thoughts on Interpreting the Constitution
How the Supreme Court Hears and Decides Cases
TOPICS, A-Z
The Supreme Court's 1997-1998 Term
The Constitution of the United States
Concordance to the Constitution of the United States
Time Chart of the Justices of the Supreme Court
Biographical Notes on the Justices of the Supreme Court
Table of Cases
Further Reading
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index of Subjects and Names
About the Author
How to Obtain Supplements
Jethro K. Lieberman is Professor of Law at New York Law School, Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, and author of The Litigious Society (1981) and The Enduring Constitution (1987), both of which won the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. He is also the coauthor of A Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well (California, 1991).
"I refer frequently to "A Practical Companion to the Constitution"--Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Linda Greenhouse, in a column on recommended reading on the Supreme Court, "New York Times
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