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American Court Cases in Context

A guide created for Rhetoric 102.

Reference Books

Subject Headings in the Library Catalog

Constitutional Law - United States - Cases Criminal Justice, Administration of -- United States
Constitutional Law - United States - Encyclopedias Courts United States
United States. Supreme Court -- Cases Trials -- United States


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To conduct a keyword search, change the selection in the dropdown menu by the catalog search bar from "All Fields" to "Keyword in Subject Headings." 

Here are the results of a keyword search for "court". When keyword searching, you can also limit your search by language, material type, or location in the library.