Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views on legal issues
By: selected, edited, and with introductions by M. Ethan Katsh
Edition: 14th ed.
Series: Taking sides; McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series; Taking sides; McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780077395094
Subjects: Administration of Justice; Constitutional law; Political questions and judicial power; Law; Social aspects
Other titles: Clashing views on legal issues
Description: This volume is a debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in the law. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading legal scholars, judges, and legal commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and are staged as "pro" and "con" debates. Issues debated include the operation of legal institutions; law and social values; and law and crime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Should U.S. Citizens Who Are Declared to Be "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge?; title: Should Foreign Nationals Detained at Guantanamo Bay as "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge?; title: Does the President Possess Constitutional Authority to Order Wiretaps on U.S. Citizens?; title: Should Someone Held by the CIA and Interrogated in a Foreign Country Be Allowed to Sue the U.S. Government?; title: Is It Constitutional to Ban "Partial-Birth" Abortions Without Providing for an Exception to Protect the Health of the Mother?; title: Are Restrictions on Physician-Assisted Suicide Constitutional?; title: Does the Sharing of Music Files Through the Internet Violate Copyright Laws?; title: Can the Police Require Individuals to Identify Themselves?; title: Do Religious Groups Have a Right to Use Public School Facilities After Hours?; title: Is a Strip Search of Middle School Students That Is Aimed at Finding Drugs Impermissible Under the Fourth Amendment?; title: Can a School Punish a Student for Speech at a School-Supervised Event Off of School Grounds When That Speech Could Be Viewed as Promoting Illegal Drug Use?; title: Does the "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause of the Eighth Amendment Bar the Imposition of the Death Penalty on Juveniles?; title: Is a Sentence of Life in Prison for Stealing $150 Worth of Videotapes Constitutional?; title: Is Drug Testing of Students Who Participate in Extracurricular Activities Permitted Under the Fourth Amendment?; title: Is There a Constitutional Right to Possess a Firearm for Private Use?; title: Are Blanket Prohibitions on Cross Burnings Unconstitutional?; title: Should Same-Sex Couples Receive Constitutional Protection?; title: Should Children with Disabilities Be Provided with Extraordinary Care in Order to Attend Regular Classes in Public Schools?; title: Do Race-Conscious Programs in Public University Admissions Policies Violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Law?; title: Does the constitution forbid the execution of a convicted murderer who is "actually innocent'?; title: Is the Fourth Amendment search and seizure guaranty violated by the use of high-technology thermal imaging devices?