The U.S. Constitution and constitutional law
By: edited by Brian Duignan
Series: Governance : Power, Politics, and Participation
Publisher: Britannica Educational Pub.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781615306886
Subjects: Constituent power; Federal government; Constitutional amendments; Constitutional law; Civil rights
Other titles: United States Constitution and constitutional law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The United States Constitution and constitutional law; title: The Constitution of the United States; title: The constitutional convention; title: Provisions of the constitution; title: Liberties and the bill of rights; title: The Fourteenth amendment : due process and equal protection clauses; title: The bill of rights; title: First amendment; title: Government actions subject to the First amendment; title: Freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and petition; title: Permissible restrictions on expression; title: Free exercise of religion; title: The establishment clause; title: Second amendment; title: Supreme Court interpretations; title: Origins and historical antecedents; title: Third amendment; title: Fourth amendment; title: Fifth amendment; title: Grand juries; title: Double jeopardy; title: Self-incrimination; title: Due process; title: Takings; title: Sixth amendment; title: Seventh amendment; title: Eighth amendment; title: Ninth amendment; title: Tenth amendment; title: The Eleventh through Twenty-Seventh amendments; title: Eleventh amendment; title: Twelfth amendment; title: Thirteenth amendment; title: Fourteenth amendment; title: Fifteenth amendment; title: Sixteenth amendment; title: Seventeenth amendment; title: Eighteenth amendment; title: Nineteenth amendment; title: Twentieth amendment; title: Twenty-First amendment; title: Twenty-Second amendment; title: Twenty-Third amendment; title: Twenty-Fourth amendment; title: Twenty-Fifth amendment; title: Twenty-Sixth amendment; title: Twenty-Seventh amendment; title: Constitutional law; title: The nature of constitutional law; title: Characteristics of constitutions; title: Unitary and federal systems; title: Federal and semifederal states; title: Unitary states; title: International unions of states; title: Executives and legislatures; title: Monarchical systems; title: Presidential systems; title: Parliamentary systems; title: Other systems; title: Unicameral and bicamerallegislatures; title: Judicial review.