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Title:

We dissent : talking back to the Rehnquist court : eight cases that subverted civil liberties and civil rights / edited by Michael Avery.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

viii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Civil rights--United States--Cases.
United States.--Supreme Court.
Rehnquist, William H.,--1924-2005.

Other Authors:

Avery, Michael, 1944-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Alden v. Maine : sovereign immunity -- a vestige of monarchy inconsistent with democratic values / Erwin Chemerinsky -- Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes : betraying freedom of political expression and undermining democracy / Jamin Raskin -- Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye : the Supreme Court's "intent doctrine" - undermining viable discrimination claims and remedies for people of color / Eva Paterson and Susan Kiyomi Serrano -- United States v. Whren : The Fourth Amendment problem with pretextual traffic stops / Tracey Maclin -- County Of Sacramento v. Lewis : protecting life and liberty under the Constitution - reckless indifference to life does not shock the conscience of the Supreme Court / Michael Avery -- Chavez v. Martinez : the court fails to hold that interrogation by means of torture is unconstitutional / Marjorie Cohn -- Saucier v. Katz : qualified immunity as a doctrine of dilution of constitutional rights / David Rudovsky -- Strickland v. Washington : gutting Gideon and providing cover for incompetent counsel / Abbe Smith.

ISBN:

0814707238 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780814707234 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)227930983

LCCN:

2008031463

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)