The First Decade of the Americans With Disabilities Act
Colker, whose work on the ADA has been cited by the Supreme Court, offers insightful and practical suggestions on where to amend the act to make it more effective in defending disability rights, and also explains judicial hostility toward enforcing the act.
The First Amendment: Its Constitutional History and The Contemporary Deb
An anthology of essays on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. It addresses both the historical debate surrounding the original understanding of this constitutional provision as well as the controversies regarding its interpretation and application by the courts.
Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms
A user's guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relating to their free speech freedoms. What are libel laws, and do they need to be changed to stop the press from lying? Does Colin Kaepernick have the right to take a knee? Can Saturday Night Live be ......
Presents excerpts on issues concerning free exercise of religion. This volume covers the historical background of religious freedom in the founding period; the challenges of drawing the boundary between religious freedom and legal duties; and, the challenges of defining 'religion' in a pluralistic society.
A Comparative Legal Analysis of the Freedom of Speech
Compares the First Amendment with free speech law in Japan, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom - countries that are all considered modern democracies, but have radically different understandings of what constitutes free speech.
Its Constitutional History and the Contemporary Debate
Collects, edits, and presents some of the most important thinking on the constitutional freedom of speech. This title is organised into three major sections: historical foundations, theoretical paradigms, and selected doctrinal battlegrounds.
Its Constitutional History and the Contempory Debate
How did freedom of the press evolve over the centuries? What values does American press freedom claim to serve? This volume addresses these and other questions. It also offers selections from other cultures on freedom of the press and examines the unprecedented challenges to a free press in the twenty-first century.
This book will expand the thinking of forensic psychologists, legal professionals, and mental health practitioners who work with the law or serve as expert witnesses in court.
The Law As It Could Be gathers Fiss's most important work on procedure, adjudication and public reason, introduced by the author and including contextual introductions for each piece - some of which are among the most cited in 20th Century American legal studies.
The Law As It Could Be gathers Fiss's most important work on procedure, adjudication and public reason, introduced by the author and including contextual introductions for each piece - some of which are among the most cited in 20th Century American legal studies.
A clear and comprehensive overview of presidential impeachment from a leading expert in the field As a result of Donald Trump's presidency, impeachment was once again thrust into the spotlight of American political discussion. However, its history goes back to the very founding of the nation, when American colonists, remembering their ......
This book examines the flaws in the origin, design, application, and operation of the Australian Constitution, including, but not limited to its racial basis, the misleading nature of the text, and the subjective, judicial interpretation of the High Court.
The Era of Political Partisanship on the U.S. Supreme Court
This book provides a thorough overview of two decades of election law cases and sheds light on the impact these decisions have had on remaking America's electoral institutions.
An Analysis of Backlash, Scapegoating, and Dog-Whistling from Obergefell
Two LGBTQ affirmative US Supreme Court Rulings occurred in the second decade of the twenty-first century: the 2015 Obergefell ruling in support of same sex marriage, and the 2020 Bostock decision ruling that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited by Title VII. In The Politicization of Trans Identity: An ......
Shines new light on America's brilliant constitutional and presidential history, from George Washington to Barack Obama. In this sweepingly ambitious volume, the nation's foremost experts on the American presidency and the U.S. Constitution join together to tell the intertwined stories of how each American president has confronted and shaped ......
Shines a light on the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive Era Drawing from the monumental The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, published in 2016, the nation's foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution join together to tell the ......
Embraces reproductive justice for all women, but challenge mainstream legal and political solutions based on protecting free choice via neutral governmental policies, which frequently ignore or jeopardize the interests of women of color and the poor.
Examines feminist critiques of medical knowledge and practice; and the legal regulation of pregnancy termination, conception and child-bearing, and behavior during pregnancy. This book demonstrates that the right to choice isn't an automatic guarantee of reproductive justice and gender equality.
How to Save Yourself from Your Heirs and Protectors : Involuntary Conser
Highlights the problem areas common to the codes that should be changed and recommends ways that seniors can protect themselves to preserve their personal and financial freedom in their retirement years. This book suggests alternatives to conservatorships and guardianships that exist in states to help the elderly with aspects of daily living.
From Common Law Origins to 21st Century Protections
John C. Domino examines the origins and development of the right to privacy in Texas, beginning at a time when the state's courts had not yet recognized the common law tort doctrines and state constitutional provisions that protect privacy, and culminating with the adoption of a robust right in groundbreaking cases. The author argues that contrary ......
The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexua
This book covers the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender people under present US law; specifically in regard to freedom of speech and association, employment, housing, the military, family and parenting, and HIV disease.
The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Patients, Third Edition
Offers documented exposition and explanation of the rights of patients from birth to death. This title covers topics such as informed consent, emergency treatment, refusing treatment, human experimentation, privacy and confidentiality, patient safety, and medical malpractice.
Discusses the American racial scene, touching on such issues as the role of minorities in an age of global markets and competition, the black left, the rise of the black right, black crime, feminism, law reform, and the economics of racial discrimination.
Discusses the American racial scene, touching on such issues as the role of minorities in an age of global markets and competition, the black left, the rise of the black right, black crime, feminism, law reform, and the economics of racial discrimination.
Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore
In the wake of the 2000 Florida election controversy, many Americans have questioned how the Supreme Court should decide election law disputes. Presenting a study of the issue, this book rethinks the Supreme Court's role in regulating elections. It shows that it should leave contested questions of political equality to the political process.
Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore
In the wake of the 2000 Florida election controversy, many Americans have questioned whether and how the Supreme Court should decide election law disputes. In this comprehensive study of the issue Richard L. Hasen rethinks the Supreme Court's role in regulating elections.
Providing a well-rounded presentation of the constitution and evolution of civil rights in the United States, this book will be useful for students and academics with an interest in civil rights, race and the law. Abraham L Davis and Barbara Luck Graham's purpose is: to give an overview of the Supreme Court and its rulings with regard to issues of equality and civil rights; to bring law, political science and history into the discussion of civil rights and the Supreme Court; to incorporate the politically disadvantaged and the human component into the discussion; to stimulate discussion among students; and to provide a text that cultivates competence in reading actual Supreme Court cases.
Tsesis explains why the 13th Amendment is essential to contemporary America, offering a fresh analysis of the role the Amendment has played regarding civil rights legislation.
Takes into account not only the famous (or infamous, depending on the reader's point of view) judicial decision on the Presidency, but a myriad of others as well in which the US Supreme Court has considered the constitutionality of a range of issues involving voting and elections, representation, and political participation.
Brings together a group of US Supreme Court Justices and US Court of Appeals Judges, who are some of our most prominent legal scholars, to discuss an array of topics on civil liberties. This title examines issues as how legal error should be handled, the death penalty, reasonable doubt, and racism in American and South African courts.
The Unwritten Brazilian Constitution provides an overview of the leading cases on human rights of the Brazil Supreme Court. Readers will learn how human rights have been interpreted by the Court over the last 30 years to create an extensive system of judicial protection for fundamental rights.
"In the context of the hyperviolent and racialized policing of cities across the US today, vigilant citizenship frames everyday policing as matters of personal blame and guilt-as problems of citizens"--
