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Author:

Garbus, Martin, 1934-

Title:

Courting disaster : the Supreme Court and the unmaking of American law / Martin Garbus.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Times Books,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

322 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Supreme Court--History.
Political questions and judicial power--United States--History.
Constitutional history--United States.
Rechterlijke macht.
Rechtsvinding.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-305) and index.

Contents:

The unmaking of American law -- The right's twenty-year attack on the federal judiciary -- Crime and punishment -- Morality and values : sex, abortion, and women's rights -- Federalism and states' rights -- Capitalism and the free market : rolling back the clock to the 1900s -- Race, gender, and ethnicity -- Affirmative action : putting the nail in the coffin -- Religion -- Conclusion : courting disaster.

ISBN:

9780805072877 (pbk.)
080507287X (pbk.)
9780805069181 (HB)
0805069186 (HB)

LCCN:

2002020314

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)