The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

by Linda Greenhouse

Book Overview

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history and of its written and unwritten rules to show readers how the Supreme Court really works.

Greenhouse offers a fascinating institutional biography of a place and its people--men...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199754543
• ISBN13: 9780199754540
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.6"