The Price of Rights: The Courts, Government Largesse, and Fundamental Liberties (Teaching Texts in Law and Politics) - Softcover

Kramer, Daniel C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820461539 ISBN 13: 9780820461533

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

To paraphrase the Book of Job, ‘the state giveth and the state taketh away’. American government gives its citizens benefits such as Social Security, college scholarships, tax breaks, and licenses. But what do the courts do when it ‘taketh away’ these boons from individuals who criticize it bitterly or refuse to work on their holy day? The Price of Rights addresses the problem of how the judiciary reacts when a generous polity denies its bounty to people exercising their fundamental rights – an issue frequently ignored in college and law school civil liberties classes. Thus this book will be a valuable supplement for students taking such courses and should interest anyone desirous of safeguarding our Bill of Rights.

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About the Author

The Author: Daniel C. Kramer is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. He has written five previous books and many articles in the areas of public policy and American and comparative constitutional law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820461539
• ISBN 13: 9780820461533
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216