Making sense of the constitution : a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law / Walter M. Frank.

Author
Frank, Walter M., 1945- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.
Description
xi, 312 p. ; 23 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index.
    Contents
    • Some foundational ideas
    • The Constitution and its Amendments : an overview
    • The Fourteenth Amendment
    • The Supreme Court in the constitutional structure
    • What the court does : the stuff of judicial review
    • The federal judicial system
    • Life on the court
    • The litigation process : from complaint to Supreme Court opinion
    • The toolbox for judicial decision making
    • Crafting a Constitution
    • The court in action : contemporary constitutional controversies.
    ISBN
    • 9780809330836 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 0809330830 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • 9780809330843 (ebk.)
    • 0809330849 (ebk.)
    LCCN
    2011027008
    OCLC
    733937390
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