Constitutional rights sourcebook
Title:
Constitutional rights sourcebook
Author:
Renstrom, Peter G., 1943-
ISBN:
9781576074725
9781280720208
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxi, 770 p.)
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The Constitution and the Supreme Court: a brief introduction -- The First Amendment --The Fourth Amendment -- The Fifth Amendment -- The Sixth Amendment -- The Eighth Amendment -- Equal protection and privacy -- Legal words and phrases -- Appendices: Constitution of the United States -- Justices of the Supreme Court -- Court composition since 1900.
Abstract:
Explains how constitutional law works, reviews the history of the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court, and discusses 175 Supreme Court cases that focus on individual amendments to the Constitution.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
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