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Creating Constitutional Change
. Ed(S): Ivers, Gregg; McGuire, Kevin T.
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Description for Creating Constitutional Change
Paperback. Because the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tell us what Constitution means, they can create constitutional change. In each of the cases in this book, the authors address a number of questions that provide readers with a deeper understanding of the Court and its policies. Editor(s): Ivers, Gregg; McGuire, Kevin T. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Because the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tell us what Constitution means, they can create constitutional change. For quite some time, general readers who have been interested in understanding those changes have not had a concise volume that explores major decisions in which those changes occur. Traditional casebooks used in law schools typically pay scant attention to the historical and political context in which cases are decided, as well as the motives of litigants, the involvement of interest groups, and the justices' concerns with policy outcomes, even though all these factors are critical to understanding the Court's decisions. Other ... Read more
Because the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tell us what Constitution means, they can create constitutional change. For quite some time, general readers who have been interested in understanding those changes have not had a concise volume that explores major decisions in which those changes occur. Traditional casebooks used in law schools typically pay scant attention to the historical and political context in which cases are decided, as well as the motives of litigants, the involvement of interest groups, and the justices' concerns with policy outcomes, even though all these factors are critical to understanding the Court's decisions. Other ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813923031
SKU
V9780813923031
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About . Ed(S): Ivers, Gregg; McGuire, Kevin T.
Gregg Ivers, Professor of Government at American University, is the author of American Constitutional Law: Power and Politics and To Build a Wall: American Jews and the Separation of Church and State (Virginia). Kevin T. McGuire, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the author of Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court and The ... Read more
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