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Landmark Supreme Court cases : a reference guide

Author: Donald E Lively
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Written specifically for students and general readers, this resource provides accessible discussions of 74 landmark Supreme Court cases that will help students understand the cases and their importance in American history. Cases selected are those in which the Supreme Court's decisions have had a profound impact on society and the future and a meaning that transcends the impact on the immediate parties."--BOOK  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Cases
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Lively, Donald E., 1947-
Landmark Supreme Court cases.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
(OCoLC)607142475
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Donald E Lively
ISBN: 0313306028 9780313306020
OCLC Number: 39890472
Description: ix, 374 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: pt. 1. Separation and distribution of powers --
ch. 1. Power of judicial review --
ch. 2. Power of the president - ch. 3. Power of Congress --
pt. 2. Power to regulate or affect the national economy --
ch. 4. Federal power to regulate interstate commerce --
ch. 5. State police power and the Dormant Commerce Clause --
ch. 6. Federal preemption of state law --
ch. 7. Privileges and immunities --
pt. 3. Equality concepts --
ch. 8. Economic regulation --
ch. 9. Racial issues --
ch. 10. Gender issues --
ch. 11. Fundamental rights --
pt. 4. Individual rights and liberties --
ch. 12. First amendment: freedom of speech --
ch. 13. First amendment: freedom of association --
ch. 14. First amendment: freedom of the press --
ch. 15. First amendment: freedom of religion --
ch. 16. Fourth amendment: search and seizure --
ch. 17. Fifth amendment: self-incrimination --
ch. 18. Sixth amendment: the right to counsel --
ch. 19. Eighth amendment: cruel and unusual punishments --
ch. 20. Fourteenth amendment.
Responsibility: Donald E. Lively.

Abstract:

"Written specifically for students and general readers, this resource provides accessible discussions of 74 landmark Supreme Court cases that will help students understand the cases and their importance in American history. Cases selected are those in which the Supreme Court's decisions have had a profound impact on society and the future and a meaning that transcends the impact on the immediate parties."--BOOK JACKET.

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