Making sense of the constitution [electronic resource] : a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law / Walter M. Frank.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 312 p. )ISBN:- 9780809330843
- 342.73 23
- KF4550 .F678 2012
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index.
Some foundational ideas -- The Constitution and its Amendments : an overview -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- The Supreme Court in the constitutional structure -- What the court does : the stuff of judicial review -- The federal judicial system -- Life on the court -- The litigation process : from complaint to Supreme Court opinion -- The toolbox for judicial decision making -- Crafting a Constitution -- The court in action : contemporary constitutional controversies.
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