We the people : the Fourteenth Amendment and the Supreme Court /
Several of the most divisive moral conflicts that have beset Americans in the period since World War II have been transmuted into constitutional conflicts and resolved as such. In his new book, eminent legal scholar Michael Perry evaluates the grave charge that the modern Supreme Court has engineere...
Основен автор: | Perry, Michael J. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=169234 |
Подобни документи: |
Print version::
We the people. |
Съдържание:
- Introduction: "The judicial usurpation of politics"
- What is "the Constitution"? (and other fundamental questions)
- The fourteenth amendment: what norms did "We the people" establish?
- The fourteenth amendment and race: segregation and affirmative action
- Beyond race: sex and sexual orientation
- Further beyond: abortion and physician-assisted suicide
- Concluding reflections.