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The Constitution, that delicate balance / Fred W. Friendly, Martha J.H. Elliott.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Random House, c1984.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0394540743 (hbk.) :
  • 9780394540740 (hbk.)
  • 0394339436 (pbk.) :
  • 9780394339436 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73
LOC classification:
  • KF 4550 F911c 1984
Contents:
Barron's Wharf: First test of the Bill of Rights Seventeen Words: Quiet revolution of the Fourteenth Amendment Minnesota Rag: Newspaper that gave new meaning to Freedom of the Press Myth about the Bay of Pigs: Freedom of the press and National Security Protecting "The thought that we hate": Freedom of speech and the Right of Peaceable Assembly Does money talk?: Elections, contributions, and speech God and the classroom: Free exercise of religion vs establishment of religion Knock at the door: How the supreme Court created a rule to enforce the Fourth Amendment Crime and its aftershock: Fair trial vs free press Willie Francis' two trips to the chair: Punishment and the death penalty Defense of last resort: Insanity plea Umpiring "harmless, empty shadows": Right of privacy Bakke and the equal protection clause: Affirmative action vs reverse discrimination "Give me your tired, your poor ... ": Does the Fourteenth Amendment protect illegal aliens? Nation of states: States' rights vs national supremacy Sacking of Greytown: Power to make war Constitution of the United States
Summary: "Landmark cases that shaped the Constitution."--Jacket subtitle. Includes the full text of the Constitution
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF 4550 F911c 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000174132

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [317]-327.

Barron's Wharf: First test of the Bill of Rights
Seventeen Words: Quiet revolution of the Fourteenth Amendment
Minnesota Rag: Newspaper that gave new meaning to Freedom of the Press
Myth about the Bay of Pigs: Freedom of the press and National Security
Protecting "The thought that we hate": Freedom of speech and the Right of Peaceable Assembly
Does money talk?: Elections, contributions, and speech
God and the classroom: Free exercise of religion vs establishment of religion
Knock at the door: How the supreme Court created a rule to enforce the Fourth Amendment
Crime and its aftershock: Fair trial vs free press
Willie Francis' two trips to the chair: Punishment and the death penalty
Defense of last resort: Insanity plea
Umpiring "harmless, empty shadows": Right of privacy
Bakke and the equal protection clause: Affirmative action vs reverse discrimination
"Give me your tired, your poor ... ": Does the Fourteenth Amendment protect illegal aliens?
Nation of states: States' rights vs national supremacy
Sacking of Greytown: Power to make war
Constitution of the United States

"Landmark cases that shaped the Constitution."--Jacket subtitle. Includes the full text of the Constitution

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