Wesberry V. Sanders
Title | Wesberry V. Sanders PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Supreme Court |
Publisher | |
Pages | 18 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Apportionment (Election law) |
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Wesberry V. Sanders (1964), New York Times Co. V. Sullivan (1964), Reynolds V. Sims (1964).
Title | Wesberry V. Sanders (1964), New York Times Co. V. Sullivan (1964), Reynolds V. Sims (1964). PDF eBook |
Author | Philip B. Kurland |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1038 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | |
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Wesberry V. Sanders (1964)
Title | Wesberry V. Sanders (1964) PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Supreme Court |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1038 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Apportionment (Election law) |
ISBN |
Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States
Title | Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Gunther |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1038 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | |
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The Supreme Court
Title | The Supreme Court PDF eBook |
Author | Tom S. Clark |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 455 |
Release | 2019-03-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1108530001 |
This book presents a quantitative history of constitutional law in the United States and brings together humanistic and social-scientific approaches to studying law. Using theoretical models of adjudication, Tom S. Clark presents a statistical model of law and uses the model to document the historical development of constitutional law. Using sophisticated statistical methods and historical analysis of court decisions, the author documents how social and political forces shape the path of law. Spanning the history of constitutional law since Reconstruction, this book illustrates the way in which the law evolves with American life and argues that a social-scientific approach to the history of law illuminates connections across disparate areas of the law, connected by the social context in which the Constitution has been interpreted.
The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court
Title | The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court PDF eBook |
Author | David Shultz |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 577 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Constitutional courts |
ISBN | 0816067392 |
An illustrated A-Z reference containing over 500 entries related to the history, important individuals, structure, and proceedings of the United States Supreme Court.
Democratic Theories and the Constitution
Title | Democratic Theories and the Constitution PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Edelman |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 1985-06-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1438401841 |
Although the government of the United States is traditionally viewed as a democracy, there is considerable disagreement about what democracy means and implies. In a comprehensive study Professor Edelman examines the three democratic paradigms most prevalent in America today: natural rights, contract, and competition. Theories based on these paradigms lead to different ideas of democracy, each of which yields variant interpretations of the Constitution. This close relationship between democratic theories and constitutional interpretations is analyzed in an extensive historical introduction, which focuses on some of the major thinkers in American history. Edelman's discussion shows that neither the Constitution nor the development of American political thought can serve as an authoritative basis for any one theory of democracy. Instead of a particular theory, the historical constant was an appeal to reason inherent in our basic charter. In his methodological section, Edelman argues that we must use reason to clarify the latent values inherent in the differing concepts of democracy and the consequences that flow from them. He analyzes judicial ideas in the light of three concepts deemed central to any democratic theory—citizenship, political participation, and political freedom—and concludes with a balanced account of contemporary democratic theories, the constitutional theories related to them, and a critique of both.