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Constitutional law and politics / David M. O'Brien, University of Virginia.
LIBRA KF4541 .O27 2017 v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brien, David M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Constitutional law--United States--Cases.
- Constitutional law.
- Political questions and judicial power--United States.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Genre:
- Casebooks (Law)
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Tenth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- Summary:
- A casebook presenting Supreme Court decisions with the historical and political background behind the landmark cases as well as more recent court decisions.
- Contents:
- Volume 1. Struggles for power and governmental accountability
- The Supreme Court, judicial review, and constitutional politics
- Law and politics in the Supreme Court : jurisdiction and decision-making process
- Presidential power, the rule of law, and foreign affairs
- The President as chief executive in domestic affairs
- Congress : membership, immunities, and investigatory powers
- Congress : legislative, taxing, and spending powers
- The states and American federalism
- Representative government, voting rights, and electoral politics
- Economic rights and American capitalism. volume 2. Civil rights and civil liberties. The Supreme Court, judicial review, and constitutional politics
- Economic rights and American capitalism
- The nationalization of the bill of rights
- Freedom of expression and association
- Freedom from and of religion
- The Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures
- The Fifth Amendment guarantee against self-accusation
- The right to counsel and other procedural guarantees
- Cruel and unusual punishment
- The right of privacy
- The equal protection of the laws.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Struggles for power and governmental accountability.
- Civil rights and civil liberties.
- ISBN:
- 9780393603316
- 0393603318
- 9780393603521
- 0393603520
- OCLC:
- 967337352
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