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Search - A Practical Companion to the Constitution: How the Supreme Court Has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning

A Practical Companion to the Constitution How the Supreme Court Has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning
Author: Jethro Koller Lieberman

This is the most comprehensive and readable one-volume reference book in print, accessible to lay readers and specialists alike, on the meaning of the American Constitution as the Supreme Court has interpreted it. It is an indispensable tool for students and lay persons who want to understand today's constitutional controversies and their backgr... more »ound in our history. It is equally useful to lawyers and other specialists who seek quick reviews of constitutional issues with immediate reference to cases for further research. Unlike conventional treatises that discuss the Constitution clause by clause or under a few broad concepts, this book uniquely treats every aspect of the Constitution and every constitutional topic in alphabetical order, in more than 1,000 short essays. It is extensively cross-referenced and exhaustively indexed, so that even a reader with only a minimal notion of the Constitution or constitutional law can quickly find clear answers to questions about pressing issues of the day. Among the other unique features: a set of introductory essays on the background of the Constitution and the many difficulties of interpreting it; a concordance to each word and phrase in the Constitution; a year-by-year chronology of justices who have served on the Supreme Court; and a table of the more than 2,650 Supreme Court cases from 1792 to the present referred to in the book, listing the vote, the author of the majority opinion, the concurring and dissenting justices, and the length of the opinions. "A remarkably illuminating guide to the way the Constitution and the Court actually work. . . . Reading this book is like being inside the Constitution." --Nat Hentoff, Columnist, Village Voice "Thoughtful, accurate, and informative." --Albert J. Rosenthal, Columbia Law School "A tour de force: a compact but comprehensive compendium of constitutional law that is both accessible to the lay person and helpful to the specialist. . . . It fills a unique niche in the voluminous constitutional law literature." --Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union "The more time you spend leafing through this volume, the more you find yourself pausing to read, ponder and admire the entries. It is no small task to write concisely and well about complex and controversial subjects. Lieberman has the rare ability to pull off such a task with great panache." --Daniel J. Kornstein, New York Law Journal

ISBN-13: 9780520212800
ISBN-10: 0520212800
Publication Date: 3/10/1999
Pages: 796
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
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