The titles listed below are suggested readings on various areas of study regarding the United States Supreme Court. All titles listed below are available in the Villanova Law Library. The published works on the United States Supreme Court are, of course, quite extensive, and the sample below is merely a fraction of what is available. Search for additional works using search.law.villanova.edu, Villanova Law Library's Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), the catalog at Villanova University's main-campus library, Falvey Library, or Falvey Library's WorldCat database (Falvey Library's Journal Finder resources may also be used to find relevant periodicals). For further assistance, please consult with a Reference Librarian.
The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 by 
Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court by 
The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions by 
The Supreme Court's Style Guide by 
The Supreme Court by 
The Supreme Court A to Z by 
Experience in the Supreme Court of the United States, with some Reflections and Suggestions as to that Tribunal by 
Legacy and Legitimacy: Black Americans and the Supreme Court by 
Measuring Judicial Activism by 
Merely Judgment: Ignoring, Evading, and Trumping the Supreme Court by 
A Mere Machine: The Supreme Court, Congress, and American Democracy by 
Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court by 
Pathways to the US Supreme Court: From the Arena to the Monestary by 
The Puzzle of Unanimity: Consensus on the United States Supreme Court by 
Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the U. S. Senate: Reconsidering the Charade by 
The United States Supreme Court: From the Inside Out by 
United States Supreme Court: A Political and Legal Analysis by 
The United States Supreme Court: The Pursuit of Justice by 
Case Selection in the United States Supreme Court by 
The Chief Justice: Appointment and Influence by 
Deciding to Decide: Agenda Setting in the United States Supreme Court by 
Decision Making by the Modern Supreme Court by 
Disqualifying the High Court: Supreme Court Recusal and the Constitution by 
Methods of Interpretation: How the Supreme Court Reads the Constitution by 
Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U. S. Supreme Court: A Deliberate Dialogue by 
The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court: Executive Branch Influence and Judicial Decisions by 
Supreme Court Agenda Setting: Strategic Behavior During Case Selection by 
The U. S. Supreme Court and the Domestic Force of International Human Rights Law by 
American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia by 
The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes, 1930-1941 by 
David Hackett Souter: Traditional Republican on the Rehnquist Court by 
The Environmental Justice: William O. Douglas and American Conservation by Fortas: The Rise and Ruin of a Supreme Court Justice by 
The Great Justices, 1941-54: Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, and Jackson in Chambers by 
Harry A. Blackmun: The Outsider Justice by 
Justice Brennan by 
Justice Brennan: The Great Concilator by 
Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made by Life of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by 
Louis D. Brandeis: A Life by 
My Beloved World by 
My Own Words by 
New Deal Justice: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Hugo L. Black, Felix Frankfurter, and Robert H. Jackson by 
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court by 
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , Pragmatism, and the Jurisprudence of Agon: Aesthetic Dissent and the Common Law by 
Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became its Most Influential Justice by 
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World by 
Thurgood Marshall: Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union by 
Understanding Clarence Thomas: The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Restoration by A Different Justice: Reagan and the Supreme Court by 
FDR v. Constitution: The Court-Packing Fight and the Triumph of Democracy by 
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of the Supreme Court by 
Lincoln and the Court by 
Nixon's Court: His Challenge to Judicial Liberalism and its Political Consequences by 
The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court by 
The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court by 
Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices by 
The Amicus Brief: Answering the Ten Most Important Questions about Amicus Practice by 
Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court: An Empirical Approach by 
Business and the Roberts Court by 
Civil Liberties vs. National Security in a Post 9/11 World by 
Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court by 
From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality by 
Like a Loaded Weapon: The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America by 
Managed Speech: The Roberts Court's First Amendment by 
Newsworthy: The Supreme Court Battle over Privacy and Press Freedom by 
The Progeny: Justice William J. Brennan's Fight to Preserve the Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan by 
Religious Freedom and the Supreme Court by 
Slavery and the Supreme Court, 1825-1861 by 
The Supreme Court's Federal Tax Jurisprudence by 
The Supreme Court and the Environment: The Reluctant Protector by 
The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment's Exclusionary Rule by 
The Supreme Court in the Intimate Lives of Americans: Birth, Sex, Marriage, Childrearing, and Death by 
The Supreme Court on Unions: Why Labor Law is Failing American Workers by 
Swing Dance: Justice O'Connor and the Michigan Muddle by 
Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate before the Supreme Court's Ruling by 
Brown v. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement : abridged edition of "From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality" by 
The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life by 
The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom by 
Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery by 
Judging the Supreme Court: Constructions of Motives in Bush v. Gore by 
Latinos and American Law: Landmark Supreme Court Cases by 
The Passenger Cases and the Commerce Clause: Immigrants, Blacks, and States Rights in Antebellum America by 
Roe v. Wade: The Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that made Abortion Legal by 
The Supreme Court and Mccarthy-Era Repression: One Hundred Decisions by 
We Dissent: Talking Back to the Rehnquist Court: Eight Cases that Subverted Civil Liberties and Civil Rights by