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A comprehensive account and examination of the nation s defining document, its foundation, and how it has since been interpreted."
List of contents
Preface -- Note to the Reader -- Interpretation of the Constitution -- Constitutional Adjudication -- Rights under the Constitution -- Economic Due Process and the Takings Clause -- Freedom of Speech, Press, and Association -- Freedom of Religion -- Criminal Procedure -- The Equal Protection Clause and Racial Discrimination -- Substantive Equal Protection -- Voting and Representation -- The Right to Privacy, Personal Autonomy, and Dignity -- The Constitution of the United States of America -- Justices of the Supreme Court -- Case titles in capital letters indicate cases that are reprinted in this volume. Bold italic page numbers indicate where the case is reprinted in this volume.
About the author
Rossum, Ralph A. | Tarr, G. Alan
Summary
This book examines how the Constitution and its amendments not only grant the national and state governments sufficient power to control the governed but also oblige these governments to control themselves. It considers the distribution of power in the national government.