The Supreme Court and American Democracy

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The Supreme Court and American Democracy Case Studies on Judicial Review and Public Policy

Earl E. Pollock

Book Code: GR6525

ISBN: 0-313-36525-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36525-6

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432 pages, figure

Greenwood Press

Publication: 12/30/2008

List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £54.95)

Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 12/30/2008)

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 7 x 10

Subjects:

Law » Contemporary Law
Law » Constitutional Law

Description: "There is almost no political question in the United States," wrote Alexis de Tocqueville, "that is not resolved sooner or later into a judicial question." The U.S. Supreme Court is the ultimate arbiter of "judicial questions," weighing the laws enacted by the people's representatives against the inviolable fundamental law embodied in the U.S. Constitution. Virtually every vital political and social issue comes before the Court: abortion, affirmative action, capital punishment, elections and voting, gay rights, gun control, separation of church and state, and more. This book presents "living law," the case-by-case shaping of the law on each of these controversial issues, in the justices' own words.

Guide to the Court's functions and the ways in which it goes about its work

Topically organized sequences of cases through which the law on particular issues evolved, including the facts of each case; the specific issues before the Court; the Court's decision, embodied in the text of the majority opinion; an account of all opinions handed down; and excerpts from the most influential concurrences and dissents

Commentary summarizing current federal law on each of the controversial topics covered, with notes on the historical background--and in some cases the turbulent aftermath--of the Court's decisions

Table of Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX OF CASE DIGESTS
INTRODUCTION
1. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE SUPREME COURT
2. FROM MARBURY TO RECONSTRUCTION
3. RACE DISCRIMINATION BY GOVERNMENT
4. RACE DISCRIMINATION BY PRIVATE PERSONS
5. MINORITY PREFERENCES
6. ABORTION AND THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY
7. TERMINAL ILLNESS ISSUES
8. GAY RIGHTS
9. FREEDOM OF SPEECH
10. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
11. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION CLAUSE
12. THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE
13. EXECUTIVE POWERS
14. VOTING AND ELECTIONS
15. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT
16. PROPERTY RIGHTS
17. THE SECOND AMENDMENT
APPENDIX AUNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
APPENDIX BSOME SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
APPENDIX CINDEX OF OPINIONS BY JUSTICE

LC Card Number: 2008034766

LCC Class: KF4575

Dewey Class: 347


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