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The Burger Court : counter-revolution or confirmation? /

This volume provides an overview and evaluation of Chief Justice Burger and the Court he led from 1969-1987. Consisting of original papers written for the Burger Court Conference, the contributors include such scholars as Derrick Bell, Anthony Lewis and Robert Drinan. The book covers many controvers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schwartz, Bernard, 1923-1997
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / James B. O'Hara
  • My life on the Court / William J. Brennan, Jr.
  • The players and the play / Robert Henry
  • The Burger Court's place on the bell curve of racial jurisprudence / Derrick Bell
  • Women as constitutional equals : the Burger Court's overdue evolution / Stephanie K. Seymour
  • Liberty and sexuality / David J. Garrow
  • Freedom of speech / Bernard Schwartz
  • Freedom of the press / Anthony Lewis
  • Church and state / Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
  • The Burger Court and criminal justice : a counter-revolution in expectations / Martin H. Belsky
  • Economic rights / Lino A. Graglia
  • Federalism / Shirley S. Abrahamson and Thomas N. Hilbink
  • Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and the legal profession / Jerome J. Shestack
  • The Burger Court in historical perspective : the triumph of country-club Republicanism / Mark Tushnet
  • A journalist's perspective / Tony Mauro
  • A public interest lawyer's perspective / Alan B. Morrison
  • The Court and state constitutional law / Stewart G. Pollock
  • The Burger Court in action / Bernard Schwartz
  • International impact / Finn Backer
  • The Burger Court : a critique / Joseph M. McLaughlin
  • The legacy of the Burger Court / John J. Gibbons.