LANDMARK CASES

Selected Resources

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This is a selected list of resources that will assist you in finding information on prominent court cases. If you need assistance, please consult a reference librarian, call 460-7025, or send e-mail to webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu for help in locating additional materials

GENERAL

Dictionary of American Criminal Justice: Key Terms and Major Supreme Court Cases.: Ref. HV 7411 .C53 1998
Great American Trials . Ref. KF 220 .G74 1994 Great World Trials. Ref. K 540 .G74 1997 Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1900: An Encyclopedia. Ref. KF 385 .A4 J64 1992 Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Legal Issues. Bookstacks KF 384 .A2 T33 1995 West’s Encyclopedia of American Law. Ref. KF 154 .W47 2005

CONSTITUTION / BILL OF RIGHTS

Basic Cases in Constitutional Law. Ref. KF 4549 .L55 1992 Cases in Constitutional Law. Ref. KF 4549 .C8 2000 Civil Liberties and the Constitution: Cases and Commentaries. Ref. KF 4748 .B2 Constitution and the Flag. Bookstacks KF 4772 .A7 C66 1993 Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation: Annotations of Cases…: Docs. Y 1.1/2: 14152
Constitutional Interpretation: Rights of the Individual. Bookstacks KF 4748 .D83 1992 Flag Burning and Free Speech: the Case of Texas v. Johnson. Bookstacks KF 224 .J64 G65 2000 Free Speech on Trial: Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions.: Bookstacks KF 4772 .A7 F74 2003
Great Cases in Constitutional Law. Bookstacks KF 4549 .G68 2000 Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court. Ref. KF 4549 .M334 2000 In Our Defense : the Bill of Rights in Action. Bookstacks KF 4750 .A43 1991 Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Ready Reference KF 4549 .F56 2003 Landmark Supreme Court Cases: A Reference Guide. Ready Reference KF 4549 .L58 1999 May It Please the Court : the Most Significant Oral Arguments Made Before the Supreme Court Since 1955.: Bookstacks KF 4748 .M39 1993
Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions. Ready Reference KF 4548 .O97 1999 Speaking Our Minds: Conversations with the People Behind Landmark First Amendment Cases.: Bookstacks KF 4770 .A7 R87 2002
Supreme Court A to Z. Ready Reference KF 8742 .A35 S8 2003 When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate. Bookstacks KF 4772 .A7 S77 1999

SPECIALIZED

Affirmative Action on Trial: Sex Discrimination in Johnson v. Santa Clara.: Bookstacks KF 228 .J64 U758 1997
African Americans and the Living Constitution. Bookstacks KF 4757 .A5 A44 1995 Americans with Disabilities Cases. Labor Relations Ref. KF 3469 .A5 A45 Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World. Bookstacks KF 1652 .W45 2002 Bakke Case: Race, Education, and Affirmative Action. Bookstacks KF 228 .B34 B35 2000 Briefs of 100 Leading Cases in Law Enforcement. Bookstacks KF 9614 .D45 1991 Bush v. Gore: the Court Cases and the Commentary. Bookstacks KF 5074.2 .B87 2001 Cases and Materials on Patent Law. Bookstacks KF 3113 .C47 2002 Clergy Malpractice in America: Nally v. Grace Community Church of the Valley.: Bookstacks KF 228 .N27 W45 2001
Coastal and Ocean Law: Cases and Materials. Bookstacks KF 5627 .A7 C63 2002 Contemporary Cases in Women’s Rights. Bookstacks KF 478 .A4 G65 1994 Death Penalty Cases: Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment.: Bookstacks KF 9227 .C2 L38 1998
Marbury v. Madison: the Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review. Bookstacks KF 4575 .N45 2000 Murder, Culture, and Injustice: Four Sensational Cases in American History.: Bookstacks HV 6529 .H59 2000
Roe v. Wade: the Untold story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision That Made Abortion Legal.: Bookstacks KF 228 .R59 F38 2001
Selected Antitrust Cases; Landmark Decisions. Bookstacks KF 1648 .S74 1976 Sexuality and the Law: an Encyclopedia of Major Legal Cases. Ref. KF 9325 .A7 L46 1993 Sports and the Law: Major Legal Cases. Bookstacks KF 3989 .S675 1996

EDUCATION

All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half Century of Brown v. Board of Education.: Bookstacks KF 4757 .O35 2004
Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law. Ref. KF 4114 .D46 2003 [annual] School Law: Cases and Concepts. Bookstacks KF 4118 .L25 1987 Schoolhouse Decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Ref. KF 4118 .S35 1997 Special Education Law with Cases. Bookstacks KF 4209.3 .B69 2001 We the Students: Supreme Court Decisions For and About Students. Bookstacks KF 4150 .A7 R37 2003 West’s Education Law Digest. 2nd Floor South. Law Area. KF 4110 .A2 W475

SUGGESTIONS FOR LOCATING ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

In USA Catalog try Subject or Keyword searches.

Subject	Keyword
educational law and legislation	bill rights cases
civil rights – united states – cases	“landmark law cases”
freedom of the press – cases	“supreme court” cases
constitutional law – united states	abortion cases
womens rights – united states – cases	“commercial law” cases
freedom of speech – united states – cases	landmark decisions

INTERNET RESOURCES

Landmark Cases: http://www.landmarkcases.org/ Fedlaw: http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/default.htm Findlaw: http://www.findlaw.com/ LEXIS NEXIS: On SOUTHcat Plus :Articles, Indexes, Databases: Lexis Nexis
NOLO Law for All: http://www.nolo.com/ U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database:. www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

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