Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American LawMacmillan, 2002 - 322 էջ When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the decision that effectively decided the presidency, the Court's politics were thrust onto center stage. But, as legendary attorney Martin Garbus argues, the Court has been a hotbed of politics for years, and it's time we realized that the justices are no longer the protectors of truth. For more than a generation, the Court has been quietly but aggressively rolling back legislation that has been fundamental to our justice system and economy since the days of Franklin Roosevelt. Laws concerning everything from abortion to the rights of suspects have been all but eviscerated. In Courting Disaster , Garbus brilliantly and passionately explicates the ways in which seemingly small decisions by the Court can and will precipitate radical changes in American life, unless we fight to restore the Court's objectivity. |
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THE UNMAKING OF AMERICAN LAW | 1 |
THE RIGHTS TWENTYYEAR ATTACK ON THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY | 14 |
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | 46 |
MORALITY AND VALUES Sex Abortion and Womens Rights | 80 |
FEDERALISM AND STATES RIGHTS | 121 |
CAPITALISM AND THE FREE MARKET Rolling Back the Clock to the 1900s | 161 |
RACE GENDER AND ETHNICITY | 188 |
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Putting the Nail in the Coffin | 225 |
RELIGION | 251 |
CONCLUSION COURTING DISASTER | 283 |
NOTES | 293 |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 307 |
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Courting Disaster: The Supreme Court and the Unmaking of American Law Martin Garbus Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2002 |
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