Constitutional law / by Gerald Gunther.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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:

cv, 1675 pages, 28 unnumbered pages ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Twelfth edition.

Place of Publication:

Westbury, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 1991.

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. Other national powers in the 1787 constitution

5. State regulation and the national economy : constitutional limits and congressional ordering

6. Separation of powers : the president, congress, and the court

III. Individual rights. 7. The Bill of Rights and the post-Civil War amendments : fundamental procedural 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 expression : some basic themes : regulation of speech because of its content

12. Freedom of expression : additional pervasive themes; the public forum problem

13. Freedom of expression in some special contexts

14. The Constitution and religion : "establishment" and "free exercise"

15. Proper conditions for constitutional adjudication : interested parties; concrete controversies; justiciable issues

Appendices.

Notes:

Kept up to date by supplement which also updates Individual rights in constitutional law, 5th ed.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gunther, Gerald, 1927-2002. Constitutional law.

ISBN:

0882778900

9780882778907

OCLC:

23356538