Author: Muriel L. DuboisPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736822916
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the Supreme Court, its justices and how it selects and decides cases.
The U.S. Supreme Court
Author: Muriel L. DuboisPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736822916
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the Supreme Court, its justices and how it selects and decides cases.
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia
Author: United States. Bureau of PrisonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin LiuPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Burns V. Sullivan
Author: The Minnesota Law Journal
Author: A Good Tax
Author: Joan YoungmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781558443426
Category : Local finance
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In A Good Tax, tax expert Joan Youngman skillfully considers how to improve the operation of the property tax and supply the information that is often missing in public debate. She analyzes the legal, administrative, and political challenges to the property tax in the United States and offers recommendations for its improvement. The book is accessibly written for policy analysts and public officials who are dealing with specific property tax issues and for those concerned with property tax issues in general.
Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Author: Jury Nullification
Author: Clay S. ConradPublisher: Cato Institute
ISBN: 1939709016
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution—more than any other right—since juries can serve as the final check on government’s power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent c
Select Essays in Anglo-American Legal History
Author: Association of American Law SchoolsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Common law
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Author: