No other reference on the U.S. Supreme Court offers so much detail & insight in so readable a format. This two-volume set includes more than 1,100 pages packed with all the information readers need from the Court's origins & how it functions, to the people who have shaped it & the impact of its decisions on American life. Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court covers the Court's history; its operations; its power in relation to other branches of government; major decisions affecting the other branches, the states, individual rights, & liberties; & biographies of the justices. Decisions, changes, controversies, & appointments & retirements through the July 1996 term are placed in the context of the Court's history.