Book Description

Your best first stop for the latest information on Court decisions and analysis of significant trends.ALA Outstanding Reference Source 1992The book is an excellent resource for anyone wanting information on the Court's rulings or how this term compares with other Supreme Court sessions. -- American Reference Books Annual (1997)This new edition is the ninth in a celebrated annual series that details the activities and the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court for the entirety of its most recent term. Here you'll find summaries of every opinion written during the 1997-1998 Supreme Court term plus analyses of the ten most important cases of the term -- the blockbusters as well as the less dramatic rulings.Written in easy-to-understand, non-legal language, the summaries in The Supreme Court Yearbook are the best way for interested general readers to find out what is happening in the Supreme Court, what it means, and why.In-depth essays on the most significant cases highlight their legal, social and political implications, and the concluding essay previews important cases coming before the Court in the upcoming 1998-1999 term. An appendix conveniently provides excerpts from the major decisions, brief biographies of the justices, and a glossary of legal terms, as well as a description of how the Court conducts its business.