We the people : the Fourteenth Amendment and the Supreme Court /

Several of the most divisive moral conflicts that have beset Americans in the period since World War II have been transmuted into constitutional conflicts and resolved as such. In his new book, eminent legal scholar Michael Perry evaluates the grave charge that the modern Supreme Court has engineere...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Perry, Michael J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Etats-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Constitution (United States)
Civil rights > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Constitutional law > United States.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Civil rights.
Constitutional law.
Political questions and judicial power.
Droits de l'homme > Etats-Unis.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > Etats-Unis.
Droit constitutionnel > Etats-Unis.
United States.
Etats-Unis > Constitution > Amendements (14e)
USA > Verfassung (1787) > Amendment 14.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "The judicial usurpation of politics"
  • What is "the Constitution"? (and other fundamental questions)
  • The fourteenth amendment: what norms did "We the people" establish?
  • The fourteenth amendment and race: segregation and affirmative action
  • Beyond race: sex and sexual orientation
  • Further beyond: abortion and physician-assisted suicide
  • Concluding reflections.

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