American constitutional law : introductory essays and selected cases
(2009)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
342/MASON,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2009]
©2009
©2009
EDITION
Fifteenth edition
DESCRIPTION
xix, 745 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780136029915 (alk. paper), 0136029914 (alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Jurisdiction and organization of the federal courts -- The constitution, the Supreme Court, and judicial review -- Congress and the president -- Federalism -- The electoral process -- The commerce clause -- National taxing and spending power -- Property rights and the development of due process -- Nationalization of the bill of rights -- Criminal justice -- Freedom of expression -- Religious liberty -- Privacy -- Equal protection of the laws -- Security and freedom in wartime