Constitutional law for a changing America. Rights, liberties, and justice / Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis, Thomas G. Walker, Emory University.
"Capturing the authors' excitement for constitutional law, this updated Tenth Edition of Constitutional Law for a Changing America shows students how judicial decisions are influenced by political factors--from lawyers and interest groups, to the shifting sentiments of public opinion, to t...
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Thousand Oaks, California :
CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc.,
[2019]
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| Edition: | 10th Edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Chronological table of cases
- Tables, figures, and boxes
- Preface
- Part I: The Supreme Court and the Constitution. Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court ; The judiciary : institutional powers and constraints ; Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
- Part II: Civil liberties. Religion : exercise and establishment ; Freedom of speech, assembly, and association ; Freedom of the press ; The boundaries of free expression : libel, obscenity, and emerging areas of government regulation ; The right to keep and bear arms ; Privacy and personal liberty
- Part III: The rights of the criminally accused. Investigations and evidence ; Attorneys, trials, and punishments
- Part IV: Civil rights. Race discrimination and foundations of equal protection ; Contemporary approaches to equal protection ; Voting and representation
- Appendix 1. Constitution of the United States
- Appendix 2. The justices
- Appendix 3. Glossary
- Appendix 4. Online case archive index.