Great Cases in Constitutional Law / / ed. by Robert P. George.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Arkes, Hadley,; Drakeman, Donald,; Elshtain, Jean Bethke,; George, Robert P.,; Maltz, Earl,; McPherson, James M.,; Murphy, Walter F.,; Sunstein, Cass R.,; Tushnet, Mark,; Waldron, Jeremy,; Will, George,
• HerausgeberIn: George, Robert P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts. These issues have been at the heart of the greatest constitutional controversies in American history. And in this concise and thought-provoking volume, some of today's most distinguished legal scholars and commentato...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter One. Marbury v. Madison and the Theory of Judicial Supremacy
• Chapter Two. "Despotism in Some Form": Marbury v. Madison
• Chapter Three. Dred, Scott v. Sandford and Its Legacy
• Chapter Four. Politics and Judicial Responsibility: Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Chapter Five. Lochner v. New York and the Cast of Our Laws
• Chapter Six. The Substance of Process: Lochner v. New York
• Chapter Seven. Brown v. Board of Education and "Originalism"
• Chapter Eight. Originalism - The Deceptive Evil: Brown v. Board of Education
• Chapter Nine. Roe v. Wade: Speaking the Unspeakable
• Chapter Ten. Judicial Power and Abortion Politics: Roe v. Wade
• Index