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Author Frank, Walter M., 1945-

Title Making sense of the constitution [electronic resource] : a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law / Walter M. Frank.

Imprint Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 312 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Some foundational ideas -- The Constitution and its Amendments : an overview -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- The Supreme Court in the constitutional structure -- What the court does : the stuff of judicial review -- The federal judicial system -- Life on the court -- The litigation process : from complaint to Supreme Court opinion -- The toolbox for judicial decision making -- Crafting a Constitution -- The court in action : contemporary constitutional controversies.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject United States. Supreme Court.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780809330836 (pbk. alk. paper)
0809330830 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780809330843 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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