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We dissent : talking back to the Rehnquist court : eight cases that subverted civil liberties and civil rights / edited by Michael Avery.
LIBRA KF4749.A2 W4 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States--Cases.
- Civil rights.
- United States.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005.
- Rehnquist, William H.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 237 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Alden v. Maine : sovereign immunity
- a vestige of monarchy inconsistent with democratic values / Erwin Chemerinsky
- Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes : betraying freedom of political expression and undermining democracy / Jamin Raskin
- Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye : the Supreme Court's "intent doctrine" - undermining viable discrimination claims and remedies for people of color / Eva Paterson and Susan Kiyomi Serrano
- United States v. Whren : The Fourth Amendment problem with pretextual traffic stops / Tracey Maclin
- County Of Sacramento v. Lewis : protecting life and liberty under the Constitution - reckless indifference to life does not shock the conscience of the Supreme Court / Michael Avery
- Chavez v. Martinez : the court fails to hold that interrogation by means of torture is unconstitutional / Marjorie Cohn
- Saucier v. Katz : qualified immunity as a doctrine of dilution of constitutional rights / David Rudovsky
- Strickland v. Washington : gutting Gideon and providing cover for incompetent counsel / Abbe Smith.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814707234
- 0814707238
- OCLC:
- 227930983
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