Common-law liberty : rethinking American constitutionalism / James R. Stoner, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoner, James R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States.

Common law--United States.

Common law.

Physical Description:

xii, 212 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2003]

Contents:

Common law and Constitution : original understanding, republican synthesis, and modern transformation

Fighting words : common law and liberalism in the American doctrine of free speech

Religious liberty and common law : free-exercise exemptions and American courts

Common law and constitutionalism in the abortion case

The common law of the family and the constitutional law of the self

Peremptory challenge : African Americans, the jury, and the constitutionalism of common law

The judicial science of politics : or why taxation without representation is constitutional and party discipline is not

Commerce, property, and police

Common law, Constitution, and world order.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-194) and index.

ISBN:

0700612483

OCLC:

51817161