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Title:
Essential Supreme Court decisions : summaries of leading cases in U.S. constitutional law / John R. Vile.
Author:
Vile, John R.

Menez, Joseph Francis, 1917- Summaries of leading cases on the Constitution.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
Call Number:
KF4547.4 .V55 2010
Abstract:
Offering concise summaries of important U.S. Supreme Court cases, this reference guide to Supreme Court cases is organized both topically and chronologically within chapters.
Edition:
15th ed.
ISBN:
9781442203853
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 535 p. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Rev. ed. of: Summaries of leading cases on the Constitution / Joseph F. Menez and John R. Vile. 14th ed. 2004.

Includes index.
Contents:
Article I : the legislative branch -- Article II : the executive branch -- Articles I and II : distinct, yet overlapping powers -- Article III : the judicial branch -- Articles IV and VI : federalism -- Articles V and VII : constitutional amending process and ratification of the Constitution -- Property rights -- The Bill of Rights and its application to the states -- First Amendment : religious rights -- First Amendment : political rights -- Second, Third, and Fourth Amendments -- Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments -- Ninth Amendment, right to privacy, and other unenumerated rights -- Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments -- Voting rights.
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