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The notion of equality in the American system is explored through individual discussions of race, sex, religion, ethnic background asking the question who belongs?
A collection of articles by 178 contributors on such topics as abortion, capital punishment, interest groups, the Iran-Contra Affair, line item veto, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and more. Bibliog.
In this text, a constitutional law scholar argues that most of the social issues agenda for law violates the constitutional principle of equal citizenship. The conservative social issues agenda is targeted at voters who have felt left out by other civil rights movements.
DIVHow do moves to recognize ethnic and cultural identity affect the idea of equality before the law? /div
The papers in this collection are drawn from the annual The Supreme Court Review, which, since its inception in 1960, has been regarded by such legal scholars as Robert F. Drinnan, S. J., as "An indispensable, universally quoted work of the highest scholarship regarding the world's most influential tribunal." Now some of the most important contributions to the Review have been brought together in paperback editions that focus on issues that are becoming increasingly relevant to the ordinary citizen's daily life.
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White extends his conception of United States law as a constitutive rhetoric shaping American legal culture that he proposed in When Words Lose Their Meaning, and asks how Americans can and should criticize this culture and the texts it creates. In determining if a judicial opinion is good or bad, he explores the possibility of cultural criticism, the nature of conceptual language, the character of economic and legal discourse, and the appropriate expectations for critical and analytic writing. White employs his unique approach by analyzing individual cases involving the Fourth Amendment of the United States constitution and demonstrates how a judge translates the facts and the legal traditi...