 | This comprehensive source serves as an excellent starting point for students and laypersons researching the American legal and judicial systems. No library will want to be found guilty of not having this resource. |
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Joseph M. Bessette,
Claremont McKenna College
ISBN: 978-0-89356-761-3
List Price: $331
March 1996 · 3 volumes · 968 pages · 8"x10"
ALA/RUSA Outstanding Reference Source
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American Justice
843 alphabetically arranged entries appear in this illustrated encyclopedic work, covering important topics, cases, and laws that have shaped the American judicial system. The essays cover the important events and personages within such categories as areas of law, civil and criminal justice, crimes, legal terms and procedures, legislation, and much more. Modern issues confronting society, such as carjacking, contract law, capital punishment, vagrancy, DNA testing, sting operations, and the insanity defense, are given attention. Plus, famous trials from Salem witchcraft to O. J. Simpson are thoroughly examined.
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