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Privacy rights : cases lost and causes won before the Supreme Court / Alice Fleetwood Bartee.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bartee, Alice Fleetwood.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Supreme Court.
Civil rights--United States--Cases.
Civil rights.
Political questions and judicial power.
Judicial process.
Privacy, Right of.
United States.
Privacy, Right of--United States--Cases.
United States. Supreme Court--Cases.
Judicial process--United States--Cases.
Political questions and judicial power--United States--Cases.
Physical Description:
xvii, 293 pages ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2006]
Summary:
Privacy Rights: Cases Lost and Causes Won before the Supreme Court is a unique and timely study of the judicial process as it confronts four privacy issues: birth control, gay rights, abortion, and the right to die. The moral questions surrounding these subjects create intense and enduring debates about the scope and limits of the right to privacy. In four historic cases, the Supreme Court struck down the right to privacy. In four later cases, these rulings were overturned. Why? This book explains the original failure by analyzing attorneys' mistakes, miscommunication in the judicial conference, attitudes and policy predilections of the justices, and the negative attitudes of state officials and interest groups. The ultimate win for privacy rights is an exciting story involving well known cases like Lawrence v. Texas, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Griswold v. Connecticut, and that of Terri Schiavo. Through the personal and legal details of these dramatic stories, the debate on privacy rights comes alive.
Contents:
Incorrect inputs : attorneys' mistakes in birth control cases
Confusion in the conference
To decide and how to decide : judicial attitudes and abortion decisions
Living to lose, dying to win
All is not lost : privacy causes won.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-277) and index.
ISBN:
0742553191
0742553205
OCLC:
63228797
Publisher Number:
9780742553194
9780742553200

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