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  • The Bill of Rights in Modern America

    Edited by David J. Bodenhamer, James W. Ely ...
    As the 2020s began, protestors filled the streets, politicians clashed over how to respond to a global pandemic, and new scrutiny was placed on what rights US citizens should be afforded.Newly revised and expanded to address immigration, gay rights, privacy rights, affirmative action, and more, The Bill of Rights in Modern America provides clear insights into the issues currently shaping the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888–1910

    by James W. Ely ...
    Series series Chief Justiceships of the United States Supreme Court
    A study of the man who led the Supreme Court as the nineteenth century ended and the twentieth began, exploring issues of property, government authority, and more.In this comprehensive interpretation of the Supreme Court during the pivotal tenure of Melville W. Fuller, James W. Ely Jr., provides a judicial biography of the man who led the Court from 1888 until 1910 as well as a comprehensive and ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Guardian of Every Other Right

    A Constitutional History of Property Rights

    by James W. Ely, Jr. ...
    Series series Bicentennial Essays on the Bill of Rights
    The Guardian of Every Other Right chronicles the pivotal role of property rights in fashioning the American constitutional order from the colonial era to the current controversies over eminent domain and land use controls. The book emphasizes the interplay of law, ideology, politics, and economic change in shaping constitutional thought and provides a historical perspective on the contemporary ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Signposts

    New Directions in Southern Legal History

    by Alfred L. Brophy, Charles L. Zelden, Christopher Schmidt, Christopher Waldrep, Cynthia Nicoletti, Jennifer M. Spear, Jessica Lowe, Laura F. Edwards, Lisa Lindquist Dorr, Peter Wallenstein, Roman J. Hoyos0, Susan Richbourg Parker1, Thomas N. Ingersoll2, Tim Alan Garrison3, Sally E. Hadden5, Patricia Hagler Minter7, James W. Ely Jr.8 ...
    In Signposts, Sally E. Hadden and Patricia Hagler Minter have assembled seventeen essays, by both established and rising scholars, that showcase new directions in southern legal history across a wide range of topics, time periods, and locales. The essays will inspire today's scholars to dig even more deeply into the southern legal heritage, in much the same way that David Bodenhamer and James Ely ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

    Volume 10: Law and Politics

    by Charles Reagan Wilson ...
    Series Book 10 - The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
    Volume 10 of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture combines two of the sections from the original edition, adding extensive updates and 53 entirely new articles. In the law section of this volume, 16 longer essays address broad concepts ranging from law schools to family law, from labor relations to school prayer. The 43 topical entries focus on specific legal cases and individuals, including ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Power of Precedent

    by Michael J. Gerhardt ...
    The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision making is a perennially divisive subject among scholars of law and American politics. The debate rages over both empirical and normative aspects of the issue: To what extent are the Supreme Court, Congress, and the executive branch constrained by precedent? To what extent should they be? Taking up a topic long overdue for comprehensive ... Read more

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  • The Originalism Trap

    How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back

    by Madiba K. Dennie ...
    A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as conservatives say the Founders meant it“The greatest trick conservatives ever pulled was convincing the world that originalism exists. This book is vital for understanding why the world sucks right now.”—Elie ... Read more

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  • The Enigma of Clarence Thomas

    by Corey Robin ...
    A groundbreaking revisionist take on the Supreme Court justice everyone knows about but no one knows.“One of the marvels of Robin’s razor-sharp book is how carefully he marshals his evidence. . . . It isn’t every day that reading about ideas can be both so gratifying and unsettling.”**—**The New York TimesMost people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of s... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The American Supreme Court

    by Robert G. McCloskey, Sanford Levinson ...
    Series series The Chicago History of American Civilization
    The sixth edition of the classic and concise account of the US Supreme Court, its history, and its place in American politics.For more than fifty years, Robert G. McCloskey's classic work on the Supreme Court's role in constructing the US Constitution has introduced generations of students to the workings of our nation's highest court.As in prior editions, McCloskey's original text remains ... Read more

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  • Men in Black

    How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America

    by Mark R. Levin ...
    **"A modern conservative classic." - Sean Hannity"Men in Black couldn’t be more timely or important….a tremendously important and compelling book.” - Rush Limbaugh“One of the finest books on the Constitution and the judiciary I’ve read in a long time….There is no better source for understanding and grasping the seriousness of this issue.” - Edwin Meese III**“The Supreme Court has broken through ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • We the People

    A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century

    by Erwin Chemerinsky ...
    The author and dean of constitutional law offers framework for understanding the US Constitution and the current threats facing democracy.Worried about what a super conservative majority on the Supreme Court means for the future of civil liberties? From gun control to reproductive health, a conservative court will reshape the lives of all Americans for decades to come. The time to develop and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Uncertain Justice

    The Roberts Court and the Constitution

    by Laurence Tribe, Joshua Matz ...
    "Illuminating. . . . [Tribe and Matz] offer well-crafted overviews of key cases decided by the Roberts Court [and] chart the Supreme Court's conservative path." — Chicago TribuneFrom Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has profoundly affected American life. Yet the court remains a mysterious institution, ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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