Political dynamics of constitutional law /
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| Author / Creator: | Fisher, Louis |
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| Imprint: | St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub., 1992. |
| Description: | xviii, 333 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American casebook series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1326723 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Constitutional Politics. I. Participants and Processes. II. Three-Branch Interpretation. Principal cases discussed: Marbury v. Madison (1803), Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857); Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
- Ch. 2. Judicial Authority. I. Judicial Review. II. Court Stripping. III. Justiciability. IV. Political Questions. Principal cases discussed: Marbury v. Madison (1803), Ex Parte McCardle (1868), United States v. Klein (1871), Bob Jones University v. United States (1983), Allen v. Wright (1984), Powell v. McCormack (1969)
- Ch. 3. Federalism. I. Child Labor Cases. II. Packing and Unpacking the Court. III. Equal Accommodations. IV. From National League to Garcia. Principal cases discussed: Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918), Child Labor Tax Case (1922), United States v. Darby (1941), The Civil Rights Cases (1883), Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964), Katzenbach v. McClung (1964), National League of Cities v. Usery (1976), Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)
- Ch. 4. Separation of Powers: Domestic Conflicts. I. Legislative Veto. II. Gramm-Rudman and Independent Counsels. Principal cases discussed: INS v. Chadha (1983), Bowsher v. Synar (1986), Morrison v. Olson (1988)
- Ch. 5. The War Power and Covert Actions. I. The Power to Make War. II. Covert Operations and Iran-Contra. Principal cases discussed: Little v. Barreme (1804), United States v. Smith (1806), Ex parte Merryman (1861), The Prize Cases (1863), United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corp. (1936), Youngstown Co. v. Sawyer (1952), Dellums v. Bush (1990)
- Ch. 6. Privacy. I. The Reagan Administration v. Privacy. II. Executive and Legislative Responses to Roe. III. Returning Abortion to Elected Government. Principal cases discussed: Lochner v. New York (1905), Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), Roe v. Wade (1973), Harris v. McRae (1980), Rust v. Sullivan (1991), Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989), Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1991)
- Ch. 7. Race. I. The Japanese-American Cases: The Failure of Constitutional Democracy. II. School Desegregation. III. Affirmative Action. Principal cases discussed: Korematsu v. United States (1944), Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg (1971), Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1 (1973), Regents v. Bakke (1978), Metro Broadcasting v. FCC (1990)
- Ch. 8. Gender. I. Traditional Stereotypes. II. The Struggle for Equal Rights. III. Women in the Military. Principal cases discussed: Bradwell v. State (1883), Muller v. Oregon (1908), Frontiero v. Richardson (1973), Rostker v. Goldberg (1981).