Updated in a new 9th edition, this casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions. It offers a reasonable sample of cases across a broad spectrum of rights and liberties. This book introduces groups of featured cases with in-depth commentaries that set the specific historical-legal context of which they are a part, allowing readers to examine significant portions of court opinions, including major arguments from majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions.
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Part I: A Framework for AnalysisLaw and Courts in Political-Social Context.Civil Liberties in the Context of Federalism.Part II: Religious LibertyTransportation, Books, Teachers, Facilities: Parochiaid ExpandsPart III: Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Association.Freedom of Expression.Part IV: Rights of the Accused and the Criminal Justice System The Exclusionary Rule and Other Fourth Amendment Controversies.Part V: Protecting Against Bias: Segregation and Discrimination The Development and Legal Demise of Racial Segregation.Part VI. Gender-Based Discrimination, Privacy in Varied Contexts, and the Poor in CourtEqual Rights for Women and Gender-Based Discrimination.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138381896
Publisert
2018-11-21
Utgave
9. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
1760 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
191 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
864
Biographical note
Lucius J. Barker is the William Bennett Munro Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.
Michael W. Combs is Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kevin Lyles is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago
H. W. Perry Jr is Associate Professor of Government and Associate Professor of Law at University of Texas at Austin