Civil Liberties and the Constitution: Cases and Commentaries (9e)

Lucius J. Barker, Stanford University

Michael W. Combs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Kevin L. Lyles, University of Illinois at Chicago

H.W. L. Perry, University of Texas at Austin

Twiley Barker

Title Civil Liberties and the Constitution: Cases and Commentaries

Edition 9th

ISBN 9780130922687

ISBN 10 0130922684

Published 07/09/2010

Published by Pearson Higher Ed USA

Pages 864

Format Paperback

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Description

Designed for junior/senior-level courses in Civil Liberties, this time-honored text/casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions–primarily those of the United States Supreme Court–and assesses the overall political-social context in which the formulation and implementation of civil liberties policies take place.

I. A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS.

1. Law and Courts in Political-Social Context.

2. Civil Liberties in the Context of Federalism.

II. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

3. Transportation, Books, Teachers, Facilities: Parochiaid Expands.

III. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ASSEMBLY, AND ASSOCIATION.

6. Freedom of Expression.

IV. RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

9. The Exclusionary Rule and Other Fourth Amendment Controversies.

V. PROTECTING AGAINST BIAS: SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION.

12. The Development and Legal Demise of Racial Segregation.

VI. GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION, PRIVACY IN VARIED CONTEXTS, AND THE POOR IN COURT.

18. Equal Rights for Women and Gender-Based Discrimination.

New to this edition

Features new cases and commentaries to enhance understanding of rights and liberties in historical and long-range perspective.
Includes new original in-depth case studies of several landmark Supreme Court decisions.
Presents new cases and materials relevant to current debates over race, abortion, death penalty, hate speech, and the Internet.
Expands coverage of Age and Disability Discrimination and Rights of Native Americans.
Opens each major part and chapter with an introductory commentary.
Offers instructors increased flexibility in both day-to-day use and selection of cases and materials.
Updates and improves selected references and other materials to enhance both instructor and student use.

Features & benefits

Offers a reasonable sample of cases across a broad spectrum of rights and liberties.
Features cases that have been edited to promote a general rather than technically legal understanding of the issues involved.
Allows students to examine significant portions of court opinions, including major arguments from majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions.
Guides readers through an introductory chapter that paints a complete picture of various factors and forums that constitute the overall contextual framework in which on-going battles over civil rights and liberties are fought.
Includes a section on the nature and operation of the Supreme Court, with particular attention to the nature and dynamics of judicial election and judicial decision making.
Introduces groups of featured cases with in-depth commentaries that set the specific historical-legal context of which they are a part.
Commentaries show clearly the changes and continuity in legal doctrines and in particular judicial policies.