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Thirteen years of Supreme Court history are incorporated in this second edition, reflecting many changes since the first (CH, Mar'93, 30-4085): two new justices and major new cases, e.g., President Clinton's impeachment trial, Bush v. Gore, and the University of Michigan affirmative action lawsuits. This edition includes 200 additional articles, for a total of more than 1,200, on all aspects of the court's history, justices, operations, and cases. Over 300 experts contributed the entries, which vary in length; some have bibliographic references. The organization is similar to that of the first edition, with alphabetical entries, portraits of the justices, cross-references, and indexes by both case name and topic. Similarly, appendixes include the Constitution; justice nominations with votes and years of service, 1789-1994 (but labeled 1789-1991); appointments; succession; and trivia and traditions of the Court. Competitors for this work are CQ's The Supreme Court A to Z (3rd ed., 2003), by Kenneth Jost, a book that is half the length and more oriented to the layperson; and the three-volume Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court, ed. by Thomas Lewis and Richard Wilson (CH, Feb'01, 38-3098). This work is more detailed than the CQ volume; it is up-to-date and a bargain. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. L. Treff-Gangler University of Colorado at Denver
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