Spanning three volumes, this comprehensive encyclopedia of over six hundred entries covers the full range of civil rights and liberties in America from the antecedents of the Bill of Rights through the most recent controversies over political and social issues, including abortion, free speech, religious liberty, voting rights, and the guarantees of equality. It also addresses the civil rights and liberties issues stemming from America's ongoing war on terrorism. Detailed entries include key concepts, historical events and developments, major trials and appellate court decisions, landmark legislation, legal doctrines, important personalities, and key organizations and agencies. Entries have an objective tone, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.
Designed as an up-to-date reference source for students, scholars, and citizens, the encyclopedia will help broaden and heighten understanding and appreciation for the wide range of issues associated with civil rights and liberties in the United States, and is the most sophisticated treatment available. The volumes of the encyclopedia consist of original entries, arranged alphabetically, on many current hot-button issues as well as in-depth coverage of the rights Americans hold sacred. Written by experts in the field, including attorneys, judges, and legal scholars, the encyclopedia takes a historical-legal approach, providing important information on the background and development of an issue or event. 
 The third volume concludes with over three dozen essential primary documents, including landmark statutes, key court decisions, and influential essays.

Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [3 volumes]

Self-Help

Scheb, II John M.

Stephens, Jr. Otis H.

Stooksbury, Kara E.

Death & Grief

Greenwood

Provides an extensive treatment of the judicial process and doctrines surrounding judicial review. Includes over 100 edited Supreme Court cases and chapters on: modern administrative state and importance of bureaucracy, constitutional sources of civil rights and liberties, economic regulation and property rights, constitutional right of privacy, criminal justice, equal protection, and voting rights. Also extensive treatment of federalism.

American Constitutional Law: Essays and Cases

Wadsworth Publishing

AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Volumes I and II, combines cases, decisions, and authorial commentary to maximize your learning and understanding in this course. These comprehensive volumes cover the entire range of topics in constitutional law. Each of the chapters includes an extended essay providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural contexts for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court case that follows. In selecting, editing, and updating the materials, the authors emphasize recent trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation. At the same time, the authors include many landmark decisions, some of which retain importance as precedents while others illustrate the transient nature of constitutional interpretation. Because the book provides a good balance of decisions and authorial commentary, this text appeals to instructors of law as well as instructors of political science.

American Constitutional Law, Volume I: Sources of Power and Restraint

Constitutional Law

Cengage Learning'

American Constitutional Law, Volume II: Civil Rights and Liberties

American Constitutional Law: Sources of Power and Restraint, Volume I

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties, Volume II: 2

More than a casebook, this comprehensive text contains thirteen chapters that cover the entire range of topics in constitutional law. Each of the chapters includes an extended essay providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural contexts for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court that follows. In selecting, editing, and updating the materials, the authors emphasize recent trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation. At the same time, the authors include many landmark decisions, some of which retain importance as precedents while others illustrate the transient nature of constitutional interpretation. Because the book provides a good balance of decisions and authorial commentary, this text appeals to instructors of law as well as instructors of political science.

American Constitutional Law

Contains a balance of case studies and commentary. Each chapter opens with an introductory essay which is followed by a discussion of the chapter material, and ends with a series of pertinent case studies. This balance appeals to both instructors of political science and to instructors of law.

This book is not merely a casebook but a comprehensive textbook that caters to the undergraduate constitutional law user.

American Civil Liberties

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Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [3 volumes]

American Constitutional Law: Essays and Cases

American Constitutional Law, Volume I: Sources of Power and Restraint

American Constitutional Law, Volume II: Civil Rights and Liberties

American Constitutional Law: Sources of Power and Restraint, Volume I

American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties, Volume II: 2

American Constitutional Law

American Constitutional Law

American Civil Liberties