Title:
The Supreme Court and individual rights / David G. Savage.
Author:
Savage, David G., 1950-
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2009.
Call Number:
KF4748 .W53 2009
Abstract:
Savage, a Supreme Court reporter for the Los Angeles Times, examines the effects of US Supreme Court decisions on the rights and freedoms of the individual. He documents the Court's emergence as a defender of individual rights and liberties, including recent cases through the 2007-2008 term relating to handguns, the death penalty, and the rights of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, for instance. He also discusses the First Amendment; equal vote and political association; due process and criminal rights; the guarantees of a fair trial and legal counsel; protections against unreasonable search and seizure, self-incrimination, and cruel and unusual punishment; equal rights and protection, including racial and sexual equality; and personal liberties and privacy rights. The chapter on Second Amendment rights is new to this edition. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Edition:
5th ed.
ISBN:
9780872894242
Physical Description:
x, 570 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
The court and the individual -- Freedom for ideas : the First Amendment and the right to believe, to speak, to assemble, to petition, and to publish -- The rights of political participation -- The Second Amendment and the right to bear arms -- Crime and punishment -- Equal rights and equal protection of the laws -- Liberty and privacy -- Reference materials.
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