WMU Research Guides: Political Science: Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch of the Government

Historic U.S. Court Cases : An Encyclopedia
KF 385 .A4 J64 2001 (Ref)
Arranged by broad topics such as Crime and Criminal Law, Government Organization, Power and Procedure, and Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation and Disability, this 2-volume set offers overviews of historic court cases in the United States. Many are Supreme Court cases, but not all. A subject, name and court case index in volume two is useful.

Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court
KF 4549 F56 2003 (Ref)
Includes over 1,000 of the U.S. Supreme Court's most important decisions since its establishment. Cases are summarized and arranged chronologically; includes a subject and case name index.

U.S. Federal Judiciary Home Page
Includes links to U.S. Supreme Court, 13 U.S. Courts of Appeal and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 94 U.S. District Courts, U.S. Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, Court of Veterans Appeals and the Court of International Trade.
Oyez : U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
A multimedia site on the U.S. Supreme Court that contains biographical information about all of the justices, links to famous and significant cases by name and by topic, texts of decisions, and audio files of some of the arguments.
Supreme Court of the United States : A Student Companon
An alphabetically arranged, illustrated guide to the Supreme Court, including biographical articles on all the justices, summaries and analysis of key decisions and major cases, and definitions of legal terms.