Painting constitutional law : Xavier Cortada's images of constitutional rights / edited by M. C. Mirow and Howard M. Wasserman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wasserman, Howard M., editor.

Mirow, M. C., editor.

Series:

Legal history library ; Volume 46.

Legal History Library ; Volume 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2021]

Summary:

"In May It Please the Court, artist Xavier Cortada portrays ten significant decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States that originated from people, places, and events in Florida. These cases cover the rights of criminal defendants, the rights of free speech and free exercise of religion, and the powers of states. In Painting Constitutional Law, scholars of constitutional law analyse the paintings and cases, describing the law surrounding the cases and discussing how Cortada captures these foundational decisions, their people, and their events on canvas. This book explores new connections between contemporary art and constitutional law. Contributors are: Renée Ater, Mary Sue Backus, Kathleen A. Brady, Jenny E. Carroll, Erwin Chemerinsky, Xavier Cortada, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Leslie Kendrick, Corinna Barrett Lain, Paul Marcus, Linda C. McClain, M.C. Mirow, James E. Pfander, Laura S. Underkuffler, and Howard M. Wasserman"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

May it please the court of Florida, from Florida, for Florida / Howard M. Wasserman

Legal iconography and painting constitutional law / M.C. Mirow

Xavier Cortada socially engaged activist artist / Renée D. Ater

Gideon v. Wainwright, the surprising power of a prisoner petition / Paul Marcus and Mary Sue Backus

Williams v. Florida, what's in a number? Jury function and jury numbers / Jenny E. Carroll

Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo, freedom of speech for whom? / Leslie C. Kendrick

Proffitt v. Florida, distorting death / Corinna Barrett Lain

Palmore v. Sidoti, the troubling effects of 'private biases' / Linda C. McClain

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, the meaning of free exercise, equality, and beyond / Kathleen A. Brady

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, sovereignty and the Eleventh Amendment imag(in)ed / James E. Pfander

Bush v. Gore, haste makes mistakes / Erwin Chemerinsky

Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, on art, law, and the power of the sea / Laura S. Underkuffler

Florida v. Jardines, the distortions of implied artistic license / Andrew Guthrie Ferguson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-44559-5

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004445598 DOI