Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

Politics & Social Sciences

Abraham, Henry J.

Politics & Government

Oxford University Press

Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States

Individual freedom versus the rights of the community - this is the central dilemma Henry Abraham ponders in his widely acclaimed analysis of the relationship between our basic liberties and our judicial process.

Since its original publication in 1967, Freedom and the Court has become the standard text on civil liberties law, with more than 100,000 copies in print. This classic is now updated to cover Supreme Court decisions through 2003 and address essential questions of how to reconcile civil liberties—especially personal privacy—with national security in the aftermath of 9/11.Henry J. Abraham and Barbara A. Perry continue to portray the intriguing human stories behind landmark constitutional law cases as they focus on fundamental issues of individual rights relating to freedom of religion, separation of church and state, freedom of expression, due process, and political, racial, and gender equality. This eighth edition of Freedom and the Court delineates recent pathbreaking developments by the Rehnquist Court in civil rights regarding abortion, affirmative action, capital punishment, computers and the Internet, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also analyzes the narrowly divided Court's controversial return to a more state-centered jurisprudence and to certain pre-New Deal, pro-business commitments.The book's coverage ranges widely to consider criminal rights in light of the 1990s war on crime, free speech cases involving everything from campaign finance to nude dancing, and equal protection pertaining not only to minority litigation but also to the Bush v. Gore decision—whose first oral argument (for the Palm Beach County case) the authors attended at the U.S. Supreme Court. It also explains the ongoing impact of the Court's invalidation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, and it continues to include comprehensive charts for cases involving freedom of religion, separation of church and state, and gender that are unmatched by any other book. Impeccably researched and enormously readable, Freedom and the Court remains the basic work in the field and is indispensable to the teaching of civil liberties. As the Supreme Court is called upon to act as the nation's constitutional conscience in deciding pressing conflicts regarding terrorism and liberty, it is an essential text and reference for all who would better understand its decisions.

Completely updated to incorporate the myriad changes in the Supreme Court over the last six years, this classic study reflects the impact of the Court's response to the ongoing egalitarian revolution and examines the evolving tiered standards of review under the "new" equal protection of the laws jurisprudence. Addressing major recent developments in the realm of due process, Abraham also considers the continuing emphasis on "incorporation" and "nationalization" of the Bill of Rights. The book includes an extended consideration of freedom of expression, a chapter on recent religious controversies, and detailed discussions of the affirmative action controversy and the debate over abortion.

Rules & Procedures

This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointee's performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.

Justices & Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

A comparison of the judicial processes of England, France and the USA, which has been updated to cover developments since 1986, especially changes to the US Supreme Court, the jurisdiction of US federal courts, and the jury system.

The Judicial Process: An Introductory Analysis of the Courts of the United States, England, and France

Completely updated to cover Supreme Court decisions through June of 1993, this classic study remains the basic work in the field. With the addition of four new Justices since the fifth edition and major decisions relating to affirmative action, abortion, desegregation, and criminal due process, Freedom and the Court remains the best and the most comprehensive textual summary of the Supreme Court's work on civil liberties and civil rights. Lucid, Lively, impeccably researched and enormously readable, this book is indispensable to the teaching of civil liberties and the Supreme Court.

Perry, Barbara A.

Written by one of the nation's most astute observers of the court, this classic text examines the theory, practice, and people behind the judicial process. The new seventh edition brings the work completely up to date by examining important developments and structural changes in these three judicial systems, up through the end of 1997, including judicial appointments during the Bush and Clinton administrations; significant alterations in the structure and organization of the United States, British, French, and other European courts, with an emphasis on the ongoing changes in the judiciary of the United Kingdom; and the collateral developments on the frontiers of judicial review procedures as well as the judicial role. At once comparative, expository, analytical, and evaluative, this new edition of The Judicial Process illuminates even more vividly the judiciary's political, legal, and governmental roles, examining closely that much debated but little understood line between "judicial activism" and "judicial restraint."

History

Americas

Completely updated to cover Supreme Court decisions through October of 1997, this classic study remains the basic work in the field. Providing historical context and current insight, Freedom and the Court is the best and most comprehensive textual summary of the Supreme Courts work on civil liberties and civil rights. Lucid, lively, and impeccably researched and enormously readable, it is indispensable to the teaching of civil liberties and the Supreme Court.

The Judiciary: The Supreme Court in the Governmental Process offers the clear, current, and concise presentation of the nature of the judicial process adopters have come to expect from this classic.

The Judiciary: The Supreme Court in the Governmental Process

Sociology

Brown & Benchmark Pub

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Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States

Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States

Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States

Justices & Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

The Judicial Process: An Introductory Analysis of the Courts of the United States, England, and France

Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States

The Judicial Process: An Introductory Analysis of the Courts of the United States, England, and France

Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States

The Judiciary: The Supreme Court in the Governmental Process