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

By:

Friendly, Fred W

Contributor(s):

Elliott, Martha J. H

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Random House, 1984Edition: first editionDescription: xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0394540743 :
0394339436 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

342.73 347.302 19 F.F.C.

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 th 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	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library A6	342.73 F.F.C. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00005997

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 th 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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