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Author Currie, David P.

Title The Constitution of the United States : a primer for the people / David P. Currie.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  342.02 C936c 2000    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed.
Description ix, 165 pages ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-150) and index.
Contents Congress 2 -- President 4 -- Courts 8 -- Bill of Rights 10 -- Later Amendments 12 -- 2. Judicial Review 15 -- Origin and Justification 15 -- Scope and Limitations 19 -- 3. Federalism 26 -- Federal Powers 26 -- Commerce Clause and State Authority 31 -- Intergovernmental Immunities 33 -- 4. Separation of Powers 36 -- Rule of Law 36 -- Military Powers 40 -- Independent Agencies 42 -- 5. Due Process of Law 47 -- Procedural Requirements 47 -- Substantive Due Process 50 -- Alternative Theories 55 -- 6. Equality 59 -- Racial Discrimination and Segregation 59 -- Affirmative Action and De Facto Discrimination 61 -- Nonracial Classifications 64 -- State Action 67 -- Right to Vote 70 --7. Freedom of Speech and of the Press 74 -- Content Regulation 76 -- Time, Place, and Manner Regulations 80 -- 8. Church and State 83 -- Free Exercise of Religion 83 -- Establishment of Religion 86.
Subject Constitutional law -- United States.
Constitutional law. (OCoLC)fst00875797
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 0226131033 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780226131030 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226131041 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226131047 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

 
    
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