Customer Review: The objective of this text is to illustrate the role of the Supreme Court as one of three co-equal policy-making bodies in the U.S. government. It performs this function in an exemplary manner. The reason my professor chose the text is because of the flow and sequence of information and cases. The... more info
Customer Review: Read this book as part of my law school class in the First Amendment (before taking Constitutional Law) and found it to be well worth the price. First Amendment law can be confusing, and the Court has refined its many approaches over nearly a century of jurisprudence. If you are seriously interested... more info
Customer Review: Not a bad addition, a fairly cool analysis to an overheated debate item. The author will probably not please many people, as he concludes that the constitution really does not say a whole lot about modern gun restrictions, taking swipes at both pro and anti gun arguments. This book is short and not... more info
Customer Review: Mark Tushnet, spurred by thoughts stewing for at least a decade, proposes a new conception of constitutional law, one in which the Supreme Court is removed as the paramount authority on constitutional issues and replaced with the legislature: "populist constitutional law." Early chapters... more info
Customer Review: A nice collection of writings and presentations by Thurgood. It is dry straightforward reading. Very informative. If you love Thurgood, it's a must read.
Customer Review: This book is a decisive history of Thurgood Marshall's actions and the effects that he had on the civil rights of African-Americans while he worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His successes, failures, and discussions of his effects make it a very... more info
