Unreasonable Searches and Seizures Rights and Liberties under the Law

A timely, historical look at Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, covering more than two centuries of search-and-seizure law, from landmark judicial decisions to enduring controversies. Unreasonable Searches and Seizures: Rights and Liberties under the Law provides a comprehensive exploration of the development of the Fourth Amendment from the late 18th century to the present. The work clearly explains complex legal questions and pivotal judicial decisions, illustrating the controversial nature of Fourth Amendment issues and differentiating between reasonable and unreasonable searches and seizures. Presenting a wealth of cases and examples, the authors analyze important developments, such as the impact of the Supreme Court''s decision in Weeks v. United States (prohibiting federal courts from admitting evidence obtained in violation of the Amendment), the expansion of Fourth Amendment protections in the 1960s, the apparent weakening of rights since the early 1970s, and the contraction of the exclusionary rule in response to the war on drugs and the war on terror.

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• Authors: Otis H. Stephens, Richard A. Glenn, Otis H. Stephens Jr., STEPHENS JR OTIS H, Otis H. Glenn Stephens Jr., Otis Stephens, Richard Glenn, Otis H Stephens Jr, Richard A Glenn, Stephens Otis H., Glenn Richard A.
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 23.11.2005
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constit
• EAN: 9781851095032
• ISBN: 978-1-85109-503-2
• Pages: 480
• Dimensions (packing): 15.4 x 23.2 x 3.2 cm
• Series: America's Freedoms; America's Freedoms S.; America's Freedoms
• Subjects: USA, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Privacy, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, probable cause, fourth amendment, Exclusionary Rule, Prohibition era, Mapp v. Ohio, Deterrence of Police Misconduct, Good-Faith Exception, Police Conduct, Implicit Constitutional Guarantee, Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement, judicial integrity, Federal Exclusionary Rule