Great Cases in Constitutional Law by George, Robert P.
Great Cases in Constitutional Law by George, Robert P.

Great Cases in Constitutional Law

Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts. These issues have been at the heart...
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Author: Robert P. George
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Great Cases in Constitutional Law by George, Robert P.

Great Cases in Constitutional Law

$127.32
Great Cases in Constitutional Law by George, Robert P.

Great Cases in Constitutional Law

$127.32
Author: Robert P. George
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts. These issues have been at the heart of the greatest constitutional controversies in American history. And in this concise and thought-provoking volume, some of today's most distinguished legal scholars and commentators explain for a general audience how five landmark Supreme Court cases centered on those controversies shaped the country's destiny and continue to affect us even now. The book is a profound exploration of the Supreme Court's importance to America's social and political life. It is also, as many of the contributors show, an intriguing reflection of what some have seen as an important trend in legal scholarship away from an uncritical belief in the essentially benign nature of judicial power.

Robert George opens with an illuminating survey of the themes that unite and divide the five cases. Other contributors then examine each case in detail through a lively commentary-and-response format. Mark Tushnet and Jeremy Waldron exchange views on Marbury v. Madison, the pivotal 1803 case that established the power of the courts to invalidate legislation. Cass Sunstein and James McPherson discuss Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), the notorious case that confirmed the rights of slaveowners, declared that black people could not be American citizens, and is often seen as a cause of the Civil War. Hadley Arkes and Donald Drakeman explore the legacy of Lochner v. New York (1905), a case that ushered in decades of judicial hostility to social welfare laws. Earl Maltz and Walter Murphy assess Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954), the famous case that ended racial segregation in public schools. Finally, Jean Bethke Elshtain and George Will tackle Roe v. Wade (1973), still a flashpoint a quarter of a century later in the debate over abortion. While some of the contributors show sympathy for strong judicial interventions on social issues, many across the ideological spectrum are sharply critical of judicial activism.

A compelling introduction to the greatest cases in U.S. constitutional law, this is also an enlightening glimpse of the state of the art in American legal scholarship.

Author: Robert P. George
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 03/19/2000
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.13w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780691049526


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/20/2000 pg. 80
School Library Journal 03/01/2000 pg. 108
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1417
Choice 11/01/2000 pg. 612

About the Author
Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. He has served as a presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and as a Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award.
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