Constitutional Law for a Changing America

8. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4522-2676-7
Verlag: CQ Press

Buch, Englisch, 784 Seiten, Format (B × H): 205 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1287 g

Reihe: Constitutional Law for a Changing America

Known for attentive revising and streamlining, the authors continue to strengthen the distinctive features of their best-selling text-its currency, scholarship, and the inclusion of both concurring and dissenting opinions-while closely following the pressing issues the Roberts Court has taken up in recent years.

Author commentary preceding excerpted opinions includes: the case Facts and key Arguments made by the attorneys on both sides; Aftermath boxes that reveal what happened to litigants after a ruling; Global Perspective boxes that explain how U.S. case law compares to other nations; and NEW to these editions, Annotated Readings that give direction about where to go for more information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Epstein, Lee J.

Epstein, Lee

Walker, Thomas G.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chronological Table of Cases
Tables, Figures, and Boxes
Preface

I. THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CONSTITUTION
The Living Constitution
1. Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court
2. The Judiciary: Institutional Powers and Constraints
3. Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
II. CIVIL LIBERTIES
4. Religion: Exercise and Establishment
5. Freedom of Speech, Assembly, and Association
6. Freedom of the Press
7. The Boundaries of Free Expression: Libel, Obscenity, and Emerging Areas of Government Concern
8. The First Amendment and the Internet
9. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
10. The Right to Privacy
III. THE RIGHTS OF THE CRIMINALLY ACCUSED
11. Investigations and Evidence
12. Attorneys, Trials, and Punishments
IV. CIVIL RIGHTS
13. Discrimination
14. Voting and Representation
Reference Material
Constitution of the United States
Federalist Paper, No. 78
U.S. Presidents

Thumbnail Sketch of the Supreme Court’s History

The Justices
Natural Courts
Supreme Court Calendar

Briefing Supreme Court Cases
Glossary

Online Case Archive Index
Subject Index

Case Index
Image Credits

About the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Walker, Thomas G.
Thomas G. Walker (PhD, University of Kentucky) is the Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he won several teaching awards for his courses on constitutional law and the judicial process. His book A Court Divided, written with Deborah J. Barrow, won the prestigious V. O. Key Award for the best book on Southern politics. He is the author of Eligible for Execution and coauthor of The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, 7th Edition, with Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Harold J. Spaeth.

Epstein, Lee
Lee Epstein (PhD, Emory University) is the University Professor of Law & Political Science and the Hilliard Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Science Foundation, Epstein has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles and essays and 18 books. She is currently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour. Professor Epstein’s empirical research is frequently cited in the New York Times, among other news media.