Making sense of the constitution : a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law /

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In Making Sense of the Constitution: A Primer on the Supreme Court and Its Struggle to Apply Our Fundamental Law, Walter Frank tackles in a comprehensive but lively manner subjects rarely treated in one volume. Aiming at both the general reader and students of political science, law, or history, Fra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frank, Walter M., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Supreme Court
Constitutional law > United States.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Constitutional law
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Some foundational ideas
  • The Constitution and its Amendments : an overview
  • The Fourteenth Amendment
  • The Supreme Court in the constitutional structure
  • What the court does : the stuff of judicial review
  • The federal judicial system
  • Life on the court
  • The litigation process : from complaint to Supreme Court opinion
  • The toolbox for judicial decision making
  • Crafting a Constitution
  • The court in action : contemporary constitutional controversies.

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