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  • Justice and the Media

    Reconciling Fair Trials and A Free Press

    by Matthew D. Bunker ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    USE THIS FIRST PARAGRAPH ONLY FOR GENERAL CATALOGS... The First Amendment right of free speech is a fragile one. Its fragility is found no less in legal opinions than in other, less specialized forms of public discourse. Both its fragility and its sometimes surprising resiliency are reflected in this book. It provides an examination of how the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt with the problem of ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Critiquing Free Speech

    First Amendment theory and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity

    by Matthew D. Bunker ...
    Series series Routledge Communication Series
    In this exceptional volume, Matthew D. Bunker explores the work of contemporary free speech critics and argues that, while at times these critics provide important lessons, many of their conclusions must be rejected. Moreover, Bunker suggests that we be wary of interdisciplinary approaches to free speech theory that--by their very assumptions and techniques--are a poor "fit" with existing free ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • Making Our Democracy Work

    A Judge's View

    by Stephen Breyer ...
    The Supreme Court is one of the most extraordinary institutions in our system of government. Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Court have the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court’s decisions as legitimate and follow them, even when those decisions are highly ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • America's Unwritten Constitution

    The Precedents and Principles We Live By

    by Akhil Reed Amar ...
    From a preeminent constitutional scholar, a “highly engaging and thought-provoking” (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the unwritten rules that inform the American ConstitutionDespite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written Constitution does not enumerate all of the rules and rights, principles and procedures that actually govern modern America. As esteemed legal scholar ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A Matter of Interpretation

    Federal Courts and the Law - New Edition

    by Antonin Scalia ...
    We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim—“distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about to ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Reflections on Judging

    by Richard A. Posner ...
    For Richard Posner, legal formalism and formalist judges--notably Antonin Scalia--present the main obstacles to coping with the dizzying pace of technological advance. Posner calls for legal realism--gathering facts, considering context, and reaching a sensible conclusion that inflicts little collateral damage on other areas of the law. ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • Make No Law

    The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment

    by Anthony Lewis ...
    A crucial and compelling account of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark Supreme Court case that redefined libel, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning legal journalist Anthony Lewis.The First Amendment puts it this way: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." Yet, in 1960, a city official in Montgomery, Alabama, sued The New York Times for libel—and was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Invisible Constitution

    by Laurence H. Tribe ...
    As everyone knows, the United States Constitution is a tangible, visible document. Many see it in fact as a sacred text, holding no meaning other than that which is clearly visible on the page. Yet as renowned legal scholar Laurence Tribe shows, what is not written in the Constitution plays a key role in its interpretation. Indeed some of the most contentious Constitutional debates of our time ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Living Constitution

    by David A. Strauss ...
    Series series Inalienable Rights
    Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, arguing it must be interpreted as the framers originally understood it. In The Living Constitution, leading constitutional scholar David Strauss forcefully argues against the claims of Scalia, Clarence ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Supreme Court Decisions

    Edited by Richard Beeman ...
    Series series Penguin Civic Classics
    A selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American societyPenguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws together the great texts of American civic life, including the founding ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Death Penalty Cases

    Leading U.S. Supreme Court Cases on Capital Punishment

    by Barry Latzer ...
    Death Penalty Cases presents significant verbatim excerpts of death-penalty decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The first chapter introduces the topics discussed throughout the book. It also includes a detailed history of the death penalty in the United States. After this introduction, the remaining eighteen chapters are divided into five parts: Foundational Cases, Death-Eligible ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Law of the Land

    A Grand Tour of Our Constitutional Republic

    by Akhil Reed Amar ...
    "Artfully blending the conventional with the controversial" (Wall Street Journal), a preeminent constitutional scholar explains how American geography affects constitutional lawFrom Kennebunkport to Kauai, from the Rio Grande to the Northern Rockies, ours is a vast republic. While we may be united under one Constitution, separate and distinct states remain, each with its own constitution and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD