Liberty Under Law

The Supreme Court in American Life
Erscheinungsjahr 1988
ISBN: 978-0-8018-3596-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

The two-hundredth anniversary of the U.S. Constitution and the intense debates surrounding the recent nominees to the Supreme Court have refocused attention on one of the most fundamental documents in U.S. history—and on the judges who settle disputed over its interpretation.

Liberty under Law is a concise and readable history of the U.S. Supreme Court, from its antecedents in colonial and British legal tradition to the present, William M. Wiecek surveys the impact of the Court's power of judicial review on important aspects of the national's political, economic, and social life. The author highlights important decisions on issues that range from the scope and legitimacy of judicial review itself to civil rights, censorship, the rights of privacy, seperation of church and state, and the powers of the President and Congress to conduct foreign affairs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiecek, William M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The United States Supreme Court and American Constitutionalism
Chapter 1. The Origins of American Constitutionalism
Chapter 2. The Court under Chief Justice Marshall
Chapter 3. Democracy, Slavery, and Capitalism before the Taney Court
Chapter 4. Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Rights of Black People
Chapter 5. The Formalist Era
Chapter 6. Foreign Affairs, Executive Authority, and the Court
Chapter 7. Substantive Equal Protection
Chapter 8. Substantive Due Process
Glossary
Recommended Readings
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wiecek, William M.
William M. Wiecek in Congdon Professor of Public Law & Legislation at Syracuse University College of Law and holds a joint appointment in the history department. His books include Nuclear America: Military and Civilian Nuclear Power in the United States, 1940-1980 and Equal Justic under Law: Constitional Development, 1835-1875.