On constitutional ground / John Hart Ely.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ely, John Hart, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (518 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Hart Ely is a leading contemporary writer on political theory from the standpoint of American constitutional law. This collection covers a full range of topics of constitutional interpretation: federalism, separation of powers, freedom of expression, religious freedom, criminal procedure, racial discrimination, "substantive due process," and honesty in government. Organized under these heads and linked by the author's witty explanatory and autobiographical remarks, the essays and other documents--many previously unpublished in any forum--range chronologically over the past three decades, from memoranda he wrote as a student working with lead counsel Abe Fortas on the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright to a comment on the constitutional implications of the O. J. Simpson verdict.Before beginning his academic career, Ely was the junior member of the Warren Commission's sixteen-lawyer staff, Chief Justice Earl Warren's law clerk, and a public defender in San Diego; and during the Ford Administration he took time off to serve as the third-ranking official of the U.S. Department of Transportation. This book reflects his various experience. It comments on many of the past quarter century's "hot button" issues--including abortion, affirmative action, anti-Communist legislation, busing, flag burning, governmental display of nativity scenes, the Nixon impeachment, "trial by newspaper," the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill contretemps, congressionally unauthorized war in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia, and whether the Warren Commission Report should be officially reexamined.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1. The General Theory

2. Federalism

3. Separation of Powers

4. Freedom of Expression

5. Religious Freedom

6. Criminal Procedure

7. Racial Discrimination

8. "Substantive Due Process"

9. Candor

10. In Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-496) and index.

ISBN:

9786612753084

9781400815739

1400815738

9781400801961

1400801966

9781400822058

140082205X

9781282753082

1282753088

9781400811489

1400811481

OCLC:

845245940