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In the Shadow of the Great Charter : Common Law Constitutionalism and the Magna Carta / Robert M. Pallitto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pallitto, Robert M., 1964- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--English influences.
- Law.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Civil rights.
- Magna Carta.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The story of the profound influence of Magna Carta on American legal development, especially constitutional doctrine and interpretation.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Early theoretical foundations : the common law mind
- The slavery question
- Federal common law, legal realism, and the Magna Carta tradition : constitutional interpretation in the early twentieth century
- The Warren court, civil rights, and the incorporation controversy
- The Rehnquist court and habeas corpus retrenchment
- The war on terror
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700620920
- 0700620923
- OCLC:
- 907964740
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