Book
Constitutional law for a changing America. Institutional powers and constraints
Record details
- ISBN: 0871878291
- ISBN: 9780871878298
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Physical Description:
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xv, 651 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, ©1995.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The U.S. Constitution -- An Introduction to the U.S. Constitution -- The Road to the U.S. Constitution -- Underlying Principles of the Constitution -- Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court -- Processing Supreme Court Cases -- Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Legally Relevant Approaches -- Supreme Court Decisionmaking: Extralegal Approaches -- Conducting Research on the Supreme Court -- Institutional Authority -- Structuring the Federal System -- Origins of the Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances System -- Separation of Powers and the Constitution -- Contemporary Thinking on the Constitutional Scheme: Separation of Powers Games -- The Judiciary -- Establishment of the Federal Judiciary -- Judicial Review -- Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816) -- Eakin v. Raub (1825) -- Constraints on Judicial Power: Article III -- Ex parte McCardle (1869) -- Baker v. Carr (1962) -- Nixon v. United States (1993) -- Flast v. Cohen (1968) -- Constraints on Judicial Power: The Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances System -- The Legislature -- Article I: Historical Overview -- Congressional Authority over Internal Affairs: Institutional Independence and Integrity -- Powell v. McCormack (1969) -- U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (1995) -- Gravel v. United States (1972) -- Sources and Scope of Legislative Powers -- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) -- McGrain v. Daugherty (1927) -- Watkins v. United States (1957) -- Barenblatt v. United States (1959) -- United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936). |
| Supplement Note: | Kept up to date by supplements. |
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| Subject: | Constitutional law United States Cases Constitutional law United States |
| Genre: | Trials, litigation, etc. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | KF 4548 .R67 1995 | 255878 | Stacks | Available | - |