Creating constitutional change
Subtitle: clashes over power and liberty in the Supreme Court
By: edited by Gregg Ivers and Kevin T. McGuire.
Contributors: Ivers, Gregg.; McGuire, Kevin T.
Series: Constitutionalism and democracy
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court.; Constitutional law -- United States -- Cases.; Judicial process -- United States.; Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
Genres: Cases.
Description: "Because the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court interpret the Constitution, their decisions can create constitutional change. For quite some time, general readers interested in understanding those changes have not had access to a concise volume that explores the major decisions through which those changes occur. In order to make a wide range of decisions more comprehensible, Gregg Ivers and Kevin T. McGuire commissioned twenty-four outstanding scholars to write essays on a selected series of Supreme Court cases. Chosen for their contemporary relevance, most of the cases addressed in this informative reader are from the last half-century, extending right up through Bush v. Gore and the 2003 Michigan affirmative actions cases"--Unedited summary from paperback cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Judicial power; title: Executive power; title: Legislative power; title: Federalism; title: Establishment of religion; title: Free exercise of religion; title: Freedom of speech; title: Freedom of association; title: Freedom of the press; title: Search and seizure; title: Evidence; title: Cruel and unusual punishment; title: Racial discrimination; title: Gender discrimination.