The Supreme Court's involvement in many hot political and personal conflicts makes crucial an understanding of its internal workings and evolution. This book gives students a firm historical and institutional base upon which to evaluate contemporary Supreme Court decisions and the impact of those decisions on the lives of ordinary citizens.

Autorentext
ISSAC UNAH is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

Inhalt
What is Nature and Power of the Supreme Court in American Life? The Politics and Process of Judicial Selection: What is the Role of Politics in the Selection of Justices to the U.S Supreme Court? Agenda Setting in the Supreme Court Politics of Decision Making on the Merits Assessing the Impact of Supreme Court Decisions Supreme Court Justices in the American Mind