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Civil Rights and Liberties: Toward the Twenty-First Century

ISBN: 9780065006124 | 0065006127
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date: 1/1/1994

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SummaryTable of Contents
This up-to-date analysis of the United States Supreme Court's rulings on civil rights and liberties is a discussion of the facts, legal issues, and constitutional questions surrounding major rulings
Prefacexi
Introduction
1(11)
Civil Rights and Liberties
1(2)
... MOREAn Independent Judiciary
3(3)
How the Supreme Court Decides
6(2)
The Importance of the Court's Opinion
8(4)
Freedom of Expression
12(47)
Subversive Political Speech: The Evolution of the Clear and Present Danger Doctrine
13(19)
Symbolic and Offensive Speech
32(17)
Offensive and Racist Speech
49(8)
Concluding Comments
57(2)
Obscenity: The Limits of Sexually Oriented Expression
59(28)
Early Attempts to Define Obscenity
60(5)
Private Possession of Obscene Material
65(1)
The Miller Test
66(4)
Telephone Pornography
70(2)
Child Pornography
72(4)
Mainstream Forms of Sexual Communications
76(1)
Radio Broadcasts
77(3)
Erotic Dance and Offensive Music
80(5)
Concluding Comments
85(2)
Freedom of Religion and Freedom from Religion
87(45)
Free Exercise of Religion
87(18)
Balancing Religious Liberty with the Needs of Society
88(9)
A Narrowing Interpretation of the Free Exercise Clause
97(3)
The Use of Illegal Drugs as a Religious Practice
100(4)
Concluding Comments
104(1)
The Establishment Clause and State-Sponsored Religion
105(27)
The Wall of Separation
105(1)
School Prayer
106(4)
Bible Reading
110(2)
Financial Support of Religion
112(4)
Moment of Silence
116(2)
Teaching Creation Science
118(5)
State-Supported Displays of Religious Symbols
123(2)
Use of Public School Facilities for Religious Activities
125(3)
Concluding Comments
128(4)
Due Process Rights and Criminal Justice
132(56)
Due Process and Incorporation
133(6)
Searches and Seizures
139(17)
The Exclusionary Rule
140(6)
Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement
146(1)
The Confusing World of Automobile Searches
147(4)
Searches of Mass Transportation
151(3)
The ``Seizure'' Question Revisited
154(2)
Electronic Eavesdropping
156(4)
Aerial Surveillance
160(2)
The Right to Counsel
162(3)
Police Interrogations and the Fifth Amendment
165(6)
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
171(12)
The Death Penalty
173(7)
The Conservative Agenda and the Eighth Amendment
180(3)
Concluding Comments
183(5)
Privacy: ``The Right to Be Let Alone'' or ``The Right to Choose''
188(37)
Tort Law and Fourth Amendment Origins of the Privacy Right
189(2)
Drug Testing
191(5)
Privacy as Autonomy and Reproductive Freedom
196(23)
Elevation of Privacy to a Constitutional Right
198(2)
Abortion
200(14)
Privacy and Homosexuality
214(2)
The Right to Die
216(3)
Concluding Comments
219(6)
Equal Protection of the Laws
225(45)
Racial Discrimination
225(8)
Introduction: Separate but Equal
225(2)
Brown v. Board of Education
227(6)
Implementing Brown
233(18)
Desegregating Other Public Facilities
236(3)
Private Facilities
239(3)
Affirmative Action and Quotas
242(9)
Sex Discrimination
251(14)
Sexual Harassment
259(6)
Concluding Comments
265(5)
The Rehnquist Court: Revolution or Respect for Precedent?
270(17)
Setting the Stage for Counterrevolution
270(2)
Freedom of Expression: New Standards of Review
272(1)
The Disappearance of the Right of Privacy
273(1)
The Ghost of Roe v. Wade: The New Abortion Standard
274(2)
Due Process: Casting Aside Precedent
276(2)
Church-State Issues: Holding the Line
278(2)
Equal Protection: Respect for Precedent
280(1)
Judicial Philosophy and the Direction of the Court
281(6)
Selected Further Readings287(2)
The Constitution of the United States289(18)
Index of Cases307(6)
Index313

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