The Book Prize Index

Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court

Elder Witt

The 1979 edition is cited in BCL3. A comprehensive reference detailing the origins and development of the Court and the Court in relation to the federal system, the individual, external pressures. Operations and procedures (and their evolution) are explain. A separate section provides material about the justices in general and biographical sketches each one. Some 400 major decisions are summarized, nine documents and texts are included along with appendices of relevant data. Indexed by case as well as subject. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Politics & GovernmentPolitics & Government · medium confidencePolitics & Government81 signalsLlm Classifier: Politics & Government -> Politics & GovernmentGoogle Books: Congressional Quarterly's guide -> Arts & CriticismKeyword Classifier: Journalism & Reportage -> Journalism & ReportageCourts & TrialsCrime, Policing & ViolencePrisons & Incarceration

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for General Reference HardcoverMajor1980WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    45 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 42%.