Landmark Supreme Court Cases: A Reference GuideThis needed resource, written specifically for students and general readers, provides accessible discussions of 74 landmark Supreme Court cases that will help students understand the cases and their importance in American history. Cases selected for this work are those in which the Supreme Court's decisions have had a profound impact on society and the future and a meaning that transcends the impact on the immediate parties. In his own words, Donald Lively, Dean of Florida Coastal School of Law, discusses the facts, background, and significance of each landmark case so that students will be able to easily understand it. Each case features a fact box for quick reference succinctly identifying the issue, year of decision, outcome, vote, and author of the opinion. The narrative discussion of each case puts it in historical perspective, examines the background and constitutional issue involved, the case itself, why it is a landmark case, and its significance and impact. A short bibliography directs readers to a more in-depth discussion of the case and issue. |
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... liberty , a court relies upon a superior body of law ( the Constitution ) that has been ratified and directly consented to by the governed . Enumer- ated rights and liberties essen- tially are those set forth in the Bill of Rights ...
... liberty , or prop- erty , without due process of law . " Through the mid - 1930s , the Court iden- tified a broad ... liberty was so fundamental as to be " implicit in the concept of ordered liberty " or " so rooted in the traditions and ...
... liberty to choose an abortion , family freedom to live as an extended unit , the right to marry , and the right to refuse unwanted medical treatment . At the same time , the Court has determined that the right of privacy is not broad ...
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Power to Regulate or Affect the National Economy | 43 |
State Police Power and the Dormant Commerce Clause | 55 |
Federal Preemption of State Law | 67 |
Copyright | |
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