| Title : | American constitutional law : introductory essays and selected cases |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Alpheus Thomas Mason, Author ; D. Grier Stephenson, Author |
| Edition statement: | 16th edition |
| Publisher: | New York : Longman/Pearson |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Pagination: | 728 p. |
| Size: | 23 cm. |
| ISBN (or other code): | 2580205108995 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Cases - United States
Constitutional law
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| Class number: | 342.73 |
| Abstract: | Updated in its 16th edition, American Constitutional Law: Introductory Essays and Selected Cases is a classic collection of carefully selected and edited Supreme Court case excerpts and comprehensive background essays that explores constitutional law and the role of the Supreme Court in its development and interpretation. Well-grounded in both theory and politics, it endeavors to heighten understanding of and interest in these critical areas of our governmental system. |
| Contents note: | Preface; Introduction: A political supreme court; Chapter one: Jurisdiction and organization of the federal courts; Ch. two: The constitution, the supreme court, and judicial review; I. Establishing and testing judicial review; II. External and internal checks on judicial power; III: Finality of supreme court decisions; IV. Approaches to constitutional interpretation; Ch. three: Congress and the president; I. Delegation and lawmaking; II. Congressional investigations; III. Presidential privilege and immunity; IV. Appointment and removal; V. Foreign policy and national security; Ch. four: Federalism; I. Defining the nature of the union; II. National supremacy v. dual federalism in the modern era; Ch. five: The electoral process; I. Voting; II. Representation; III. Party politics and campaigns; Ch. six: The commerce clause; I. Defining the commerce power; II. States and the commerce power; III. Competing visions of congress commerce power; IV. The new deal in court; V. Contemporary views of the commerce power; Ch. seven: National taxing and spending power; I. Direct and indirect taxes; II. Regulation through taxation; III. Regulation through spending; Ch. eight: Property rights and the development of the process; I. Vested rights and the ex post facto clause; II. The contrast clause; III. Property rights and the fourteenth amendment; IV. Fifth amendment takings and land use; V. New property; Ch. nine: The bill of rights; I. Drive for a bill of rights; II. The bill of rights and the states; III. The second amendment; Ch. ten: Criminal justice; I. Searches and seizures; II. Right to counsel; III. Self-incrimination; IV. Capital punishment; Ch. eleven: Freedom of expression; I. Internal security; II. Public forum; III. Protest and symbolic speech; IV. Freedom and association; V. Print and Electronic Media; Ch. twelve: Religious liberty; I. Religion in public schools and other official settings; II. State aid to religious schools; III. Free exercise of religion; Ch. thirteen: Privacy; I. Invigorating a right of privacy; II. Abortion; III. Right to die; IV. Sexual orientation; Ch. fourteen: Equal protection of the laws; I. Identifying forbidden discrimination; II. Racial discrimination; III. State action; IV. Gender discrimination; V. Fundamental rights analysis; VI. Affirmative action; Ch. fifteen: Security and freedom in wartime; Appendix; Glossary; Epilogue; Index of cases; Index of subjects and names; |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=17063 |
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