Constitutional law /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Mineola, N.Y. :
Foundation Press,
1985
Mineola, N.Y. : 1985 |
Edition: | 11th ed |
Series: | University casebook series
University casebook series |
Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- I. The judicial function in constitutional cases. 1. The nature and sources of the Supreme Court's authority
- II. The structure of government : nation and states in the federal system. 2. National powers and local activities : origins and recurrent themes
- 3. The commerce power
- 4. Other national powers in the 1787 constitution
- 5. State regulation and the national economy : constitutional limits and congressional ordering
- 6. Separation of powers : the president, congress, and the court
- III. Individual rights. 7. The Bill of Rights and the states : some procedural contents of due process
- 8. Substantive due process : rise, decline, revival
- 9. Equal protection
- 10. The post-Civil War amendments and civil rights legislation : constitutional restraints on private conduct; congressional power to implement the amendments
- 11. Freedom of expression : some basic themes : regulation of speech because of its content
- 12. Freedom of expression : additional pervasive themes; the public forum problem
- 13. Freedom of expression in some special contexts
- 14. The Constitution and religion : "establishment" and "free exercise"
- 15. Proper conditions for constitutional adjudication : interested parties; concrete controversies; justiciable issues
- Appendices