Constitutional law / by Kathleen M. Sullivan, Gerald Gunther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Kathleen M., 1955-

Contributor:

Gunther, Gerald, 1927-2002.

Series:

University casebook series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States--Cases.

Constitutional law.

United States.

Genre:

Trials, litigation, etc.

Physical Description:

lxvii, 1537 pages, 27 unnumbered pages ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Fourteenth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 2001.

Contents:

I. The judicial function in constitutional cases. 1. The nature and sources of the Supreme Court's authority

II. The structure of government : nation and states in the federal system. 2. National powers and local activities : origins and recurrent themes

3. The commerce power

4. Federalism-based restraints on other national powers in the 1787 Constitution

5. Federal limits on state power to regulate the national economy

6. Separation of powers

III. Individual rights. 7. The Bill of Rights and the post-Civil war amendments : "fundamental" rights and the "incorporation" dispute

8. Substantive due process : rise, decline, revival

9. Equal protection

10. The post-Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation : constitutional restraints on private conduct; congressional power to implement the amendments

11. Freedom of speech : why government restricts speech : unprotected and less protected expression

12. Freedom of speech : how government restricts speech : modes of abridgment and standards of review

13. Rights ancillary to freedom of speech

14. The religion clauses : free exercise and establishment.

Notes:

Gunther's name appears first on the earlier edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xlvii-lxv) and index.

Kept up to date by supplements.

Other Format:

Online version: Sullivan, Kathleen M., 1955- Constitutional law.

ISBN:

1566629071

9781566629072

OCLC:

47810868