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John Paul Stevens and the Constitution : the search for balance /

A good pragmatist's constitutional theory is inseparable from the legal disputes out of which it arises. John Paul Stevens's theory, that of deciding individual cases well instead of applying constitutional principles in the abstract to cases by category, thus lends itself to being studied...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sickels, Robert J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1988.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Dedication
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Judicial Pragmatism
  • Rules
  • Facts
  • Balancing
  • Consequences
  • Pluralism
  • Synopsis
  • Origins
  • 2 The First Amendment
  • Options
  • Establishment of Religion
  • Obscenity
  • Compound Balancing I
  • Compound Balancing II
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Due Process of Law
  • Deference to Trial Courts
  • Egregious Error
  • Deference to Administrators
  • How Much Process Is Due?
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Equal Protection of the Laws
  • Explicit Discrimination
  • Disproportionate Impact
  • Neutral Justification
  • Legislative Districting
  • Adequate Fit
  • Conclusion
  • 5 The Search for Balance
  • The Debate over Balancing
  • Stevens's Balancing in Perspective
  • The Nature of Stevens's Balancing
  • Other Moderates Compared
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: A Stevens Sampler
  • Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
  • United States v. Lee, 455 U.S. 252 (1982)
  • EEOC v. Wyoming, 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
  • Florida v. Meyers, 466 U.S. 380 (1984)
  • Walters v. Nat. Assn. of Radiation Survivors, 473 U.S. 305 (1985)
  • Moran v. Burbine, 106 S. Ct. 1135 (1986)
  • Notes
  • General Index
  • Index of Cases