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The Judiciary : Tenth Edition / ed. by Henry J. Abraham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780814706527
  • 9780814707449
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.73/26 20
LOC classification:
  • KF8748
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TO THE TENTH EDITION -- TO THE FIRST EDITION -- CHAPTER ONE. American Courts in Practice -- THE DUAL SYSTEM OF COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES -- THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES -- NOTES -- CHAPTER TWO. Courts and Public Policy: Personnel, Judicial Review, and Activism vs. Restraint -- JUDGES AND JUSTICES -- JUDICIAL REVIEW -- JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT -- THE COURT AND PUBLIC POLICY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER THREE. Fundamental Freedoms: I. Basic Considerations -- A CHANGED EMPHASIS -- THE "DOUBLE STANDARD" -- "INCORPORATION," DUE PROCESS OF LAW, PRIVACY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER FOUR. Fundamental Freedoms: II. Religion and Expression -- RELIGION -- FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, GENERALLY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER FIVE. Fundamental Freedoms: III. Political, Racial, and Sexual Equality -- POLITICAL EQUALITY -- SEXUAL EQUALITY -- THE STATE ACTION PROBLEM -- NOTES -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- FOR FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX A. Statistical Data on Supreme Court Justices -- APPENDIX B. The Constitution of the United States of America -- CASE INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX
Summary: Revised and updated to include the latest Supreme Court decisions, this classic text, now in its tenth edition, provides a concise overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. The only book available that combines theory and practice of the judicial process with civil rights and liberties, The Judiciary acquaints students with the intricacies of our courts, the people who compose them, and their relationship to other branches of government, as well as to individuals and groups.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TO THE TENTH EDITION -- TO THE FIRST EDITION -- CHAPTER ONE. American Courts in Practice -- THE DUAL SYSTEM OF COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES -- THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES -- NOTES -- CHAPTER TWO. Courts and Public Policy: Personnel, Judicial Review, and Activism vs. Restraint -- JUDGES AND JUSTICES -- JUDICIAL REVIEW -- JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT -- THE COURT AND PUBLIC POLICY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER THREE. Fundamental Freedoms: I. Basic Considerations -- A CHANGED EMPHASIS -- THE "DOUBLE STANDARD" -- "INCORPORATION," DUE PROCESS OF LAW, PRIVACY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER FOUR. Fundamental Freedoms: II. Religion and Expression -- RELIGION -- FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, GENERALLY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER FIVE. Fundamental Freedoms: III. Political, Racial, and Sexual Equality -- POLITICAL EQUALITY -- SEXUAL EQUALITY -- THE STATE ACTION PROBLEM -- NOTES -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- FOR FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX A. Statistical Data on Supreme Court Justices -- APPENDIX B. The Constitution of the United States of America -- CASE INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX

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Revised and updated to include the latest Supreme Court decisions, this classic text, now in its tenth edition, provides a concise overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. The only book available that combines theory and practice of the judicial process with civil rights and liberties, The Judiciary acquaints students with the intricacies of our courts, the people who compose them, and their relationship to other branches of government, as well as to individuals and groups.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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