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Civil Rights and Liberties: Cases and Readings in Constitutional Law and American Democracy

Authors
  • Corey L. Brettschneider
Series / Aspen Criminal Justice Series
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An engaging conceptualizing chapter opens Civil Rights and Liberties: Cases and Readings in Constitutional Law and American Democracy, introducing civil liberties within their constitutional framework, illuminating their nature and sources through enlightening Supreme Court deliberations that show the underlying debates about constitutional interpretation. A distinctive approach to themes and principles encourages students to develop their own views on civil liberties in general and on the specific controversies such as abortion, gay rights, and hate speech. Extensive, intriguing excerpts from a highly focused set of cases and other readings from contemporary theory highlight conflicting opinions among the justices. They provide depth of understanding of the Constitution and of the disputes that have shaped its meaning, including the basis and nature of judicial authority. The text's thematic organization reveals the structural and normative features of the Constitution and constitutional law by linking them to contemporary issues and controversies. Key historical elements lend context and depth. A logical chapter structure offers probing overviews of the topics, constitutional arguments, and chapter readings followed by a broad range of theoretical and historical writings leading up to the cases. This multidimensional perspective draws on a wide array of resources such as case excerpts, concurring and dissenting opinions, law journal and articles, general publications, published letters, and other documents. Probing case comprehension, discussion, and synthesis questions punctuate and reinforce content.

Features:

  • an engaging conceptualizing opening chapter
    • introduces civil liberties within constitutional framework
    • illuminates their nature and sources through enlightening Supreme Court disputes
    • shows underlying debates about constitutional interpretation
  • a distinctive approach to themes and principles
    • encourages students to develop their own views on civil liberties
    • engages students in specific controversies--abortion, gay rights, and hate speech, etc.
  • intriguing excerpts from a highly focused set of cases and other readings
    • highlight disputes among the justices
    • provide depth of understanding of the Constitution and interpretive disputes
    • explore the basis and nature of judicial authority
  • thematic organization
    • shows structural and normative features of the Constitution and constitutional law
    • links the Constitution to contemporary issues and controversies
    • provides key historical elements for context
  • logical chapter structure
    • author's overviews of topics, constitutional arguments, and chapter readings
    • a broad range of theoretical and historical writings
    • key cases
  • a multidimensional perspective draws on a wide array of resources
    • case excerpts
    • concurring and dissenting opinions
    • law journal articles
    • general publications
    • published letters and other documents
  • probing case comprehension, discussion, and synthesis questions reinforce content

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About the authors
Corey L. Brettschneider
Professor of Political Science
Brown University

Corey Brettschneider is a Professor of Political Science and holds a courtesy appointment in Philosophy at Brown University, where he teaches courses in political theory and public law. Brettschneider has been a Rockefeller Faculty Fellow at the Princeton University Center for Human Values, a Visiting Associate Professor at Harvard Law School, and a Faculty Fellow at the Harvard Safra Center for Ethics. Professor Brettschneider received a PhD in Politics from Princeton University and a JD from Stanford University. He is the author of Value Democracy: Promoting Equality and Protecting Rights (Princeton University Press, 2012) and Democratic Rights: The Substance of Self-Government (Princeton University Press, 2007). His articles have appeared in top journals. They include "The Politics of the Personal: A Liberal Approach" in the American Political Science Review (2007), "A Transformative Theory of Religious Freedom" in Political Theory (2010), and "When the State Speaks, What Should it Say? Democratic Persuasion and the Freedom of Expression" in Perspectives on Politics (2011).

Product Information
Publication date
2013-07-11
Copyright Year
2013
Pages
960
Digital Product
9781454819240
Subject
Constitutional Law
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