In the Shadow of the Great Charter : Common Law Constitutionalism and the Magna Carta /

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"In the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling on whether Guantanamo detainees could be barred from U.S. courts, Justice Anthony Kennedy cited the U.S. Constitution, of course. But he also linked the decision to the Magna Carta. Why would a twenty-first century judge, even under the extraordinary cir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pallitto, Robert M., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Magna Carta.
Legal history.
Constitutional law.
Civil and political rights.
United States of America.
Law > English influences.
Constitutional history.
Civil rights.
Droit > États-Unis > Influence anglaise.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Law > United States > English influences.
Constitutional history > United States.
Civil rights > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Early theoretical foundations : the common law mind
  • The slavery question
  • Federal common law, legal realism, and the Magna Carta tradition : constitutional interpretation in the early twentieth century
  • The Warren court, civil rights, and the incorporation controversy
  • The Rehnquist court and habeas corpus retrenchment
  • The war on terror
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix : the Magna Carta, 1215.

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