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American Constitutional Law

Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes

By: Donald P. Kommers,John E. Finn,Gary J. Jacobsohn

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American Constitutional Law

Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes

By: Donald P. Kommers,John E. Finn,Gary J. Jacobsohn

American Constitutional Law: Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes is a unique casebook that encourages citizens and students of the Constitution to think critically about the fundamental principles and policies of the American constitutional order. In addition to its distinguished authorship, the book has two prominent features that set it apart from other books in the field: an emphasis on the social, political, and moral theory that provides meaning to constitutional law and interpretation, and a comparative perspective that situates the American experience within a world context that serves as an invaluable prism through which to illuminate the special features of our own constitutional order. While the focus of the book is entirely on American constitutional law, the book asks students to consider what, if anything, is unique in American constitutional life and what we share with other constitutional democracies. Each chapter is preceded by an introductory essay that highlights these major themes and also situates the cases in their proper historical and political contexts. This new edition offers updated and expanded treatment of a number of important and timely topics including, the death penalty, privacy, affirmative action, and school segregation. Volume 2 of this text focuses on civil rights and basic freedoms and includes separate chapters on race and gender.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742563685

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9780742563681

The Supreme Court and the Decline of Constitutional Aspiration

By: Gary J. Jacobsohn

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The Supreme Court and the Decline of Constitutional Aspiration

By: Gary J. Jacobsohn

An excellent commentary on and an insightful contribution to the current debate on constitutional interpretation.'-Walter F. Murphy, Princeton University

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196

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847676072

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The Wheel of Law

India's Secularism in Comparative Constitutional Context

By: Gary J. Jacobsohn

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The Wheel of Law

India's Secularism in Comparative Constitutional Context

By: Gary J. Jacobsohn

India's social structure is so entwined with religion, Jacobsohn emphasizes, that meaningful social reform presupposes state intervention in the spiritual domain. Hence India's "ameliorative" model of secular constitutionalism, designed to ameliorate the disabling effects of the caste system and other religiously based practices. Jacobsohn contrasts this with the "visionary" secularism of Israel, where the state identifies itself with a particular religion, and with America's "assimilative" secularism."--BOOK JACKET.

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Princeton University Press

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0691092451

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9780691092454

Constitutional Identity

By: Gary J. Jacobsohn

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Constitutional Identity

By: Gary J. Jacobsohn

Argues that a constitution acquires an identity through experience--from a mix of the political aspirations and commitments that express a nation's past and the desire to transcend that past. It is changeable but resistant to its own destruction and manifests itself in various ways, as Jacobsohn shows in examples as far flung as India, Ireland, Israel, and the United States. Jacobsohn argues that the presence of disharmony--both the tensions within a constitutional order and those that exist between a constitutional document and the society it seeks to regulate--is critical to understnading the theory and dynamics of constitutional identity"--Jacket.

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Harvard University Press

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0674047664

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9780674047662

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American Constitutional Law

American Constitutional Law

The Supreme Court and the Decline of Constitutional Aspiration

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The Wheel of Law

The Wheel of Law

Constitutional Identity

Constitutional Identity

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