Justice Rehnquist and the Constitution / / Sue Davis.

This analysis of the decision making of William H. Rehnquist from the beginning of his tenure as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1971 until he was nominated to be Chief Justice in 1986 presents a refreshing new perspective on the Burger Court's most conservative membe...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1989
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 953
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Physical Description:1 online resource (258 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE : THE FRAMEWORK
  • Chapter 1. 1971' Richard Nixon Appoints a New Justice
  • Chapter 2. Rehnquist's Legal Positivism and His Ordering of Values
  • PART TWO : INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
  • Chapter 3. Justice Rehnquist's Fourteenth Amendment
  • Chapter 4. The First Amendment Speaks with a Different Voice- Rehnquist and Freedom of Expression
  • PART THREE. Property Rights
  • Chapter 5. Nontraditional Property The Bitter-Sweet Denial
  • Chapter 6. The Rights of Traditional Property
  • PART FOUR. Federalism
  • Chapter 7. Federalism I: Congressional Power and State Sovereignty
  • Chapter 8. Federalism ΙΓ Protecting the States from the Federal Courts
  • Chapter 9. Federalism III: "Our Federalism" or Rehnquist's Federalism?
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 10. Legal Positivism, Federalism, and Rehnquist's Constitution
  • APPENDIXES
  • Appendix A: Justice Rehnquist's Opinions for the Majority, 1972-1986
  • Appendix B: Justice Rehnquist's Concurring Opinions, 1972-1986
  • Appendix C: Justice Rehnquist's Dissenting Opinions, 1972-1986
  • References
  • Index