Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States - Softcover

Abraham, Henry J.; Perry, Barbara A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195099974 ISBN 13: 9780195099973

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Completely updated to cover Supreme Court decisions through October of 1997, this classic study remains the basic work in the field. Providing historical context and current insight, Freedom and the Court is the best and most comprehensive textual summary of the Supreme Courts work on civil liberties and civil rights. Lucid, lively, and impeccably researched and enormously readable, it is indispensable to the teaching of civil liberties and the Supreme Court.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"This comprehensive and up-to-date text is timely and absorbing reading for student, scholar, and layperson alike. Abraham and Perry have done it again!"--Sheldon Goldman, author of Picking Federal Judges

"Concise yet amazingly comprehensive, Freedom and the Court remains the best text in the field. A wonderful introduction to the fascinating world of civil liberties for students, a superb desk reference for their professors!"--Tinsley E. Yarbrough, author of The Rehnquist Court and the Constitution

"Freedom and the Court is the best one-book tool available for mastering the Supreme Court's civil rights and liberties jurisprudence."--Martin M. Shapiro, author of Who Guards the Guardians: Judicial Control of Administration

About the Author:

Henry J. Abraham is at University of Virginia. Barbara A. Perry is at Sweetbriar College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0195099974
• ISBN 13: 9780195099973
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512