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Author Pallitto, Robert M., 1964- author.

Title In the shadow of the great charter : common law constitutionalism and the Magna Carta / Robert M. Pallitto.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  342.024 P179i 2015    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  342.024 P179i 2015    ---  Available
Description x, 234 pages ; 23 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Early theoretical foundations : the common law mind -- The slavery question -- Federal common law, legal realism, and the Magna Carta tradition : constitutional interpretation in the early twentieth century -- The Warren court, civil rights, and the incorporation controversy -- The Rehnquist court and habeas corpus retrenchment -- The war on terror -- Conclusion.
Subject Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Magna Carta.
Law -- United States -- English influences.
Magna Carta. (OCoLC)fst01356211
Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
Law -- English influences. (OCoLC)fst00993726
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780700620913 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0700620915 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780700620920 (ebook)

 
    
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