Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court.(Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)

LEWIS, Thomas T. & Richard L. Wilson, eds. Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court. 3 vols. 1144p. charts. maps. photos. reprods. bibliog. chron. further reading, glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Salem. 2000. PLB $315. ISBN 0-89356-097-9. LC 00-032217.

Gr 9 Up--A welcome and essential addition. This set is more comprehensive than Kermit L. Hall's The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (Oxford, 1992), and while Donald E. Lively's Landmark Supreme Court Cases (Greenwood, 1999) provides excellent synopses of the major cases, it does not have the same depth of coverage as the Encyclopedia. This resource describes 548 cases and provides biographies …