Civil Rights and Liberties in the 21st Century / Edition 2

by John C. Domino, Ian C. Alexander

Overview

Domino (Sam Houston State U.) presents a historical review of the U.S. Supreme Court's handling of issues of civil rights and liberties. After first describing the role of the Supreme Court in adjudicating rights and liberties, He examines the facts of important cases and the reasoning and significance of Court decisions in such areas as freedom of expression, obscenity and offensive speech, freedom of religion and freedom from religion, due process rights and criminal justice, privacy, and equal protection of the laws. A final chapter offers an overview of the broad directions of the Court. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780321089700
Publisher:	Longman
Publication date:	08/01/2002
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.26(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

John C. Domino is Professor of Political Science at Sam Houston State University, where he teaches and conducts research in judicial politics, constitutional law, legal history, and American and Texas government.

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
Chapter 1	Introduction: Rights and Liberties and the U.S. Supreme Court	1
	Civil Rights and Liberties	1
	Purpose of This Book	5
	The Power and Operation of the Supreme Court	6
	Operation of the Supreme Court: How the Court Decides a Case	13
	The Importance of the Court's Opinions	20
	Compliance and Implementation of the Court's Decisions	21
	Organization of This Book	21
	Finding the Full Text of U.S. Supreme Court Opinions on the World Wide Web	22
	U.S. Supreme Court Opinions on the World Wide Web	23
Chapter 2	Freedom of Expression	27
	Subversive Political Speech: The Evolution of the Clear and Present Danger Doctrine	28
	Symbolic and Offensive Speech	44
	Conduct as Speech: Of Armbands, Draft Cards, and Flag Burning	49
	Offensive and Racist Speech	59
	Hate Speech	61
	Competing Rights: Abortion Clinic Protests	67
	The First Amendment and Campaign Finance Reform	69
	Concluding Comments	76
	Finding the Full Text of the U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Cited in Chapter 2	77
Chapter 3	Obscenity and Offensive Speech: The Limits of Sexually Oriented Expression	81
	Early Attempts to Define Obscenity	81
	Private Possession of Obscene Material	87
	The Miller Test	88
	Child Pornography	91
	Mainstream Forms of Sexual Communication	95
	Technology and Obscenity	96
	Erotic Dance and Offensive Music	103
	Public Funding of Offensive Art	108
	Concluding Comments	111
	Finding the Full Text of the U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Cited in Chapter 3	112
Chapter 4	Freedom of Religion and Freedom From Religion	116
	Free Exercise of Religion	116
	The Establishment Clause and State-Sponsored Religion	133
	Concluding Comments	159
	Finding the Full Text of the U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Cited in Chapter 4	161
Chapter 5	Due Process Rights and Criminal Justice	166
	Due Process and Incorporation	166
	Searches and Seizures	172
	Electronic Eavesdropping	192
	Aerial Surveillance	196
	The "No-Knock" Warrant	197
	The Right to Counsel	199
	Police Interrogations and the Fifth Amendment	202
	Cruel and Unusual Punishment	209
	The Conservative Agenda and the Eighth Amendment	218
	Concluding Comments	222
	Finding the Full Text of the U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Cited in Chapter 5	223
Chapter 6	Privacy: "The Right to Be Let Alone" or "The Right to Choose"?	229
	Tort Law and Fourth Amendment Origins of the Privacy Right	229
	Drug Testing	232
	Privacy as Autonomy and Reproductive Freedom	237
	Privacy and Homosexuality	257
	The Right to Die	258
	Physician-Assisted Suicide	261
	Concluding Comments	264
	Finding the Full Text of the U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Cited in Chapter 6	266
Chapter 7	Equal Protection of the Laws	270
	Racial Discrimination	270
	Affirmative Action and Quotas	286
	Hopwood and Race-Based College Admissions Decisions	297
	Sex Discrimination	299
	Sexual Harassment	308
	Discrimination of the Basis of Sexual Preference: An Equal Protection Question?	316
	Voting, Elections, and the Equal Protection Clause	323
	Bush v. Gore: Recounts, "One Person, One Vote," and the 2000 Presidential Election	329
	Concluding Comments	336
	Finding the Full Text of the U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Cited in Chapter 7	337
Chapter 8	The Rehnquist Court: Counterrevolution or Respect for Precedent?	343
	The Changing Composition of the Court	343
	Freedom of Expression: New Standards of Review	346
	Church-State Issues	347
	Due Process	349
	Privacy: Transformation From a Constitutional Right to a Liberty Interest	351
	Abortion Rights	352
	Equal Protection: Respect for Precedent	354
	Competing Judicial Philosophies and the Direction of the Court	355
	Selected Further Readings	360
	The Constitution of the United States	363
	Index of Cases	380
	Index	385

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the Fourth Edition

Up to date and very well-written, Civil Rights and Liberties in the 21st Century is a superb text for civil liberties courses. It provides students with discussion and smart analysis of major cases, including useful explanations and clarifications of the case law.

Anthony M. Champagne, University of Texas-Dallas

With this excellent new edition, John Domino updates his concise and crisp introduction to civil rights and civil liberties. Students of political science and the law will find this book illuminating.

David M. O'Brien, University of Virginia

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