Great Cases in Constitutional LawRobert P. George Princeton University Press, 2000 M03 19 - 206 páginas Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts. These issues have been at the heart of the greatest constitutional controversies in American history. And in this concise and thought-provoking volume, some of today's most distinguished legal scholars and commentators explain for a general audience how five landmark Supreme Court cases centered on those controversies shaped the country's destiny and continue to affect us even now. The book is a profound exploration of the Supreme Court's importance to America's social and political life. It is also, as many of the contributors show, an intriguing reflection of what some have seen as an important trend in legal scholarship away from an uncritical belief in the essentially benign nature of judicial power. |
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... effect to the law set forth in the Constitution . They sit , after all , as judges , not as " philosopher - kings " empowered to substitute their own policy judgments for the contrary judgments embodied in law by democratically ...
... effect . Marbury and other claimants argued , however , that the appoint- ments became effective upon being signed by the president , and must therefore be delivered . The Supreme Court agreed with that proposition . However , the case ...
... effect of permanently freeing him from slavery . In reply , Sandford argued that Scott , as a Negro , was a citizen of neither the state of Missouri nor the United States of America ; therefore he remained Sandford's property despite of ...
... effect , acquiesced in the Court's judgment as to the limits of its constitutional power . And meaningful federal civil rights legislation was put off until the middle of the next century . In 1905 , the Supreme Court inaugurated a ...
Robert P. George. and social - scientific evidence tending to show the negative effects of segregation , particularly on the self - esteem and academic per- formance of black youngsters . Many commentators , both at the time of the ...
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