American Constitutional Law, Volume Two: Constitutional Rights: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Eleventh Edition

Professors may choose between the one-volume casebound book or two paperbacks: Volume 1 on ''Constitutional Structures: Separated Powers and Federalism, '' and Volume 2 on ''Constitutional Rights: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. ''. The book covers all new developments in case law, congressional statutes, presidential policies, and initiatives undertaken by states under their own constitutions.

Included are readings not only from cases but congressional floor debates, committee reports, opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department, state activity, presidential vetoes and statements, Federalist papers, committee hearings, and professional journals. After introductory chapters on constitutional politics, and the process and strategy of decision making, free speech and free press, the book focuses on these substantive areas: separation of powers domestic and foreign affairs, due process, federal-state relations, equal protection, search and seizure, judicial organization, the doctrine of judicial review, economic liberties, race, privacy, threshold requirements, religious freedom, and political participation.

It therefore rejects the idea that elected leaders and the public must passively receive and obey a series of unilateral and final judicial commands. This paperback volume subtitled constitutional Rights: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties includes chapters 10 through 19 of American Constitutional Law, Eleventh Edition hardback.

This book, executives, the states, highlights the efforts of legislatures, in addition to analyzing and including excerpts of court decisions, and the general public to participate in an ongoing political dialogue about the meaning of the Constitution. The book concludes with a chapter on efforts to curb the Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court; Twelfth Edition

This book examines all major aspects of the highest court in the nation, from the selection of justices and agenda creation to the decision-making process and the Court's impact on government and U. S. Society. Delving deeply into personalities and procedures, reach, author Lawrence Baum provides a balanced explanation of the Court's actions and the behaviour of its justices as he reveals its complexity, and influence.

This new edition gives particular attention to current developments such as the impact of political polarization on the Court, the justices' increasingly public roles, and recent rulings on same-sex marriage and health care.


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In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action

In doing so, they shed brilliant new light on this visionary document, which remains as vital and as controversial today as it was when a great nation was newly born. Using the dramatic true stories of people whose lives have been deeply affected by such issues as the death penalty and the right to privacy, attorneys Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy reveal how the majestic principles of the Bill of Rights have taken shape in the lives of ordinary people, as well as the historic and legal significance of each amendment.

We the peoplethe bill of rights defines and defends the freedoms we enjoy as Americans -- from the right to bear arms to the right to a civil jury.


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American Constitutional Law, Volume One: Constitutional Structures: Separated Powers and Federalism, Eleventh Edition

It therefore rejects the idea that elected leaders and the public must passively receive and obey a series of unilateral and final judicial commands. This paperback volume subtitled constitutional structures: Separated Powers and Federalism includes Chapters 1 through 9 of American Constitutional Law, plus the concluding chapter, Eleventh Edition hardback, ''Efforts to Curb the Court.

This book, the states, highlights the efforts of legislatures, in addition to analyzing and including excerpts of court decisions, executives, and the general public to participate in an ongoing political dialogue about the meaning of the Constitution. The book concludes with a chapter on efforts to curb the Supreme Court.

Included are readings not only from cases but congressional floor debates, opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department, presidential vetoes and statements, committee hearings, committee reports, state activity, Federalist papers, and professional journals. After introductory chapters on constitutional politics, due process, economic liberties, free speech and free press, search and seizure, the doctrine of judicial review, threshold requirements, federal-state relations, race, judicial organization, privacy, religious freedom, the book focuses on these substantive areas: separation of powers domestic and foreign affairs, and the process and strategy of decision making, equal protection, and political participation.

Professors may choose between the one-volume casebound book or two paperbacks: Volume 1 on ''Constitutional Structures: Separated Powers and Federalism, '' and Volume 2 on ''Constitutional Rights: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. ''. The book covers all new developments in case law, presidential policies, congressional statutes, and initiatives undertaken by states under their own constitutions.

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A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy

Now in a fully updated edition, this compact and accessible introduction offers a historical perspective on the evolution of U. S. She concludes with a look forward to the challenges the United States will face in the coming decades. She identifies the major themes that have guided foreign policy, and the reasons that the United States pursued the policies that it did in the context of specific periods in the nation’s history.

With its strong narrative and use of compelling case studies, the book engages students fully in this crucial topic, encouraging them to form their own ideas about American foreign policy. Rowman Littlefield Publishers. The book focuses on the major actors involved in the making of foreign policy and the changing relationships among them.

Kaufman provides students with a clear and concise understanding of key decisions and why they were made. Joyce P. It also explains the major theoretical perspectives within International Relations and places key foreign policy decisions within these frameworks. Foreign policy from the founding to the present.

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Countries and Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture 13th Edition

For courses in introduction to comparative politics   A Critical View of International Political Systems Countries and Concepts: Politics, Geography, Culture is a critical examination of comparative politics and political systems. Media resources with assignments bring concepts to life, and offer students opportunities to practice applying what they’ve learned.

The thirteenth edition is an easy-to-read text that stresses fundamental vocabulary and connects the material to real world examples. Rowman Littlefield Publishers. Note: you are purchasing a standalone product; MyPoliSciLab® does not come packaged with this content. And the writing space helps educators develop and assess concept mastery and critical thinking through writing, quickly and easily.

Also available with mypolisciLab MyPoliSciLab for Comparative Politics courses extends learning online, engaging students and improving results. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and mypoliscilab search for 0134113934 / 9780133963083 countries and concepts: politics, culture plus mypoliscilab for comparative politics – access Card Package, 13/e, Geography, Geography, Culture, 13/e 0134064054 / 9780134113937   Countries and Concepts: Politics, which includes: 013396308X / 9780134064055 MyPoliSciLab for Comparative Politics Access Card MyPoliSciLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor.

. Please note: this version of MyPoliSciLab does not include an eText. Countries and concepts: politics, think, geography, Thirteenth Edition is also available via REVEL™, Culture, an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, and learn.


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Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck

Rowman Littlefield Publishers. Oliver wendell holmes, wrote the majority opinion, considered by many the greatest Supreme Court justice in history, including the court’s famous declaration “Three generations of imbeciles are enough. Imbeciles is the shocking story of Buck v. The 8–1 ruling was signed by some of the most revered figures in American law—including Chief Justice William Howard Taft, a former U.

S. She was then declared “feebleminded” and shipped off to the Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded. Buck v. A cabal of powerful men lined up against her, and no one stood up for her—not even her lawyer, who, it is now clear, was in collusion with the men who wanted her sterilized. In the end, buck’s case was heard by the Supreme Court, the institution established by the founders to ensure that justice would prevail.

Cohen overturns cherished myths and demolishes lauded figures in relentless pursuit of the truth. Longlisted for the 2016 national book award for NonfictionOne of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. A gripping courtroom drama, it pits a helpless young woman against powerful scientists, lawyers, and judges who believed that eugenic measures were necessary to save the nation from being “swamped with incompetence.

At the center was carrie buck, virginia, who was born into a poor family in Charlottesville, and taken in by a foster family, until she became pregnant out of wedlock. With the intellectual force of a legal brief and the passion of a front-page exposé, Imbeciles is an ardent indictment of our champions of justice and our optimistic faith in progress, as well as a triumph of American legal and social history.




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The Supreme Court

Rehnquist’s classic book offers a lively and accessible history of the Supreme Court. Penguin Pr. Rowman Littlefield Publishers. The sixteenth Chief Justice William H. With grace and wit, this incisive history gives a dynamic and informative account of the most powerful court in the nation and how it has shaped the direction America has taken.

Citing cases such as the dred scott decision and roosevelt's court-packing plan, that the justices are unavoidably influenced by their surroundings, Rehnquist makes clear that the Court does not operate in a vacuum, and that their decisions have real and lasting impacts on our society. Chief justice rehnquist’s engaging writing illuminates both the high and low points in the Court's history, from Chief Justice Marshall’s dominance of the Court during the early nineteenth century through the landmark decisions of the Warren Court.

. The public often hears little about the Supreme Court until decisions are handed down. Here, rehnquist reveals its inner workings--the process by which cases are chosen, the nature of the conferences where decisions are made, and the type of debates that take place.


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Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence & Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley

Rowman Littlefield Publishers. Explains to outsiders the conflicts between the financial interests of the coal and land companies, and the moral rights of the vulnerable mountaineers. Penguin Pr.


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Garner's Modern English Usage

Penguin Pr. Garner liberates english from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single page of this book.

For all concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable as a desk reference. Gmeu is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2, 300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage GMEU-reflects usage lexicography at its finest.

In this fourth edition, garner has made extensive use of corpus linguistics to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. Rowman Littlefield Publishers. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit.

It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid writing. Oxford Univ Pr. Garner illustrates with actual examples, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, cited with chapter and verse, whether in word choice, phrasing, punctuation, syntax, or pronunciation.




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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

Penguin Pr. Rowman Littlefield Publishers. An institution at a moment of transition, civil rights, with major changes in store on such issues as abortion, the Court now stands at a crucial point, and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the justices and with a keen sense of the Court’s history and the trajectory of its future, Jeffrey Toobin creates in The Nine a riveting story of one of the most important forces in American life today.

Used book in Good Condition. Oxford Univ Pr. Acclaimed journalist jeffrey toobin takes us into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.


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