num_pages: 1620
description: Now in its Sixth Edition, Constitutional Law and Politics is the authoritative casebook for the study of the Supreme Court and its role in politics past and present. This comprehensive text presents a wide range of excerpts and opinions from the most significant Supreme Court cases and provides the contextual material students need to interpret their historical significance. The Sixth Edition adds material on dozens of important recent cases, current through June 2004, and features carefully updated and refined pedagogy.Author Biography: David M. O'Brien is Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia, where he teaches the popular constitutional law course on which his book Constitutional Law and Politics (now in its Sixth Edition) is based. Professor O'Brien is a regular commentator on the Supreme Court's activities and rulings. He is the author of over fifteen books and regularly contributes op-ed pieces on the Court to the Los Angeles Times.
language: English
title: Constitutional Law and Politics, Volume 2: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
titlecomplete: Constitutional Law and Politics, Volume 2: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
genres: Political Science, History, Politics, Philosophy, Reference, Nonfiction, Law
ratings_count: 127
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc