Overview
American Law Yearbook gathers together the top legal stories of the previous year, discussed in concise entries written by legal experts. Contents include the U.S. Supreme Court docket as well as important lower court decisions and interesting cases in the public eye, in addition to biographies of notable legal figures.
Features & Benefits
- Entries of note cover the Giffords shooting in Arizona, the repeal of the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, and the Wikileaks controversy, in addition to the regular scope of the title.
What's New
Coverage of the major cases of both the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts, bibliography, list of previous year's executive orders, a selection of excerpted primary documents from entries covered in the book, abbreviations list, cases cited index, and su
