Freedom and the court : civil rights and liberties in the United States /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Edition: | 7th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The "double standard":
- The evolution of the double standard
- The expression & justification of the double standard
- The bill of rights and its applicability to the states:
- Historical background
- The fourteenth amendment
- The evolution of "incorparation"
- Leading positions on incorporation
- The fascinating world of "due process of law":
- Some basic guidelines
- Substantive and procedual due process of law
- Due process of law in persective
- The precious freedom of expression:
- Judicial line formulae
- Some basic concepts
- Drawing lines: some brief examples
- Some concluding thoughts
- Religion:
- Some basic considerations
- The free exercise of religion
- "Establishment": the separation of church and state
- Race, the American dilemma: the evolving equal protection of the law:
- Laws
- A glance at history
- "Separate but equal": rise and demise
- The quest for suffrage
- State action and beyond: a true dilemma
- Gender and race under the new equal protection:
- A glance at the evolving history of gender discrimination
- The 1973 abortion decision and their offspring
- The wrench of "affirmitive action" and "reverse discrimination"
- Coda.
