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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrentice Hall PTR
ISBN-100135687756
ISBN-139780135687758
eBay Product ID (ePID)856369
Product Key Features
Number of Pages953 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFederal Governmental Powers and Federalism
Publication Year1997
SubjectConstitutional, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLaw, Political Science
AuthorSusan M. Leeson, James C. Foster
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight35.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-027675
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal342.73/00264
Table Of Content1. Understanding the Supreme Court. 2. Judicial Powers. Judicial Review. Marbury v. Madison (1803). Cooper v. Aaron (1958). United States v. Nixon (1974). Plaut v. Spendthrift Farms, Inc. (1995). Judicial Review of States' Actions. Chisholm v. Georgia (1793). Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816). Cohens v. Virginia (1821). Mapp v. Ohio (1961). State Action Doctrine. Civil Rights Cases (1883). Shelley v. Kraemer (1948). Limits on Federal Judicial Power. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831). Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). Ex parte McCardle (1869). Luther v. Borden (1849). Baker v. Carr (1962). Frothingham v. Mellon (1923). Flast v. Cohen (1968). Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State (1982). 3. Congressional Powers.Changing Understandings of Congress's Express Powers. McCulloch v. Maryland (1819). Gibbons v. Ogden (1824). New York v. Miln (1837). Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1851). United States v. E.C. Knight (1895). Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. (1895). [Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)]. A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935). United States v. Butler (1936). National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin (1937). United States v. Darby (1941). Wickard v. Filburn (1942). Heart of Atlanta Hotel, Inc. v. United States (1964). United States v. Lopez (1995). Implied Powers. [A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)]. [National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin (1937)]. Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983). Bowsher v. Synar (1986). Mistretta v. United States (1989). Watkins v. United States (1957). Barenblatt v. United States (1959). Membership & Privileges. Powell v. McCormack (1969). Gravel v. United States (1972). 4. Presidential Powers.Appointment & Removal Powers. Myers v. United States (1926). Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1935). Morrison v. Olson (1988). Treaty Power. Missouri v. Holland (1920). Executive Privilege. [United States v. Nixon (1974)]. Emergency & Foreign Policy Powers. Prize Cases (1863). Ex parte Milligan (1866). United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corp. (1936). Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952). New York Times v. United States (1971). United States v. United States District Court (1972). Dames and Moore v. Regan (1981). 5. Federalism: Ongoing Debates Over Divided Power.Supremacy Clause and Federalism. [Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816)]. [McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)]. Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842). Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956). Cipollone v. Liggett Group Inc. (1992). States' Rights. [New York v. Miln (1837)]. [Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1851)]. Texas v. White (1869). Collector v. Day (1871). Champion v. Ames (1903). Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918). [Missouri v. Holland (1920)]. [NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin (1937)]. [United States v. Darby (1941)]. National League of Cities v. Usery (1976). Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985). [United States v. Lopez (1995)]. U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995). Seminole Tribe v. Florida (1996). The Bill of Rights and the States. Barron v. Baltimore (1833). Slaughter-House Cases (1873). Hurtado v. California (1884). Palko v. Connecticut
SynopsisThis comprehensive book presents the inner workings of American constitutional law within the framework of the social, legal, and political contexts from which the cases arose. It addresses the implications of each case on the political system and its effect on the relationship between the Court and the other two branches of government. The book traces each case from the time it is filed to its appearance on the Court's docket, explains the reasoning of the lower court and demonstrates the climate of legal opinion in which the case is presented before the Court. The book includes highlights of Supreme Court arguments with summaries of legal theories offered to the Justices and original source material that show how ideas, thought processes, language, and debate develop into constitutional doctrine. A valuable reference book for anyone who needs a greater understanding of the effect of Supreme Court decisions on our political system., Appropriate for undergraduate Political Science courses focusing on the constitutional powers of, and limitations upon, the federal government. This comprehensive two volume book presents the inner workings of American constitutional law within the framework of the historical, social, legal, and political contexts from which specific cases arose. It also addresses the implications of each case on the American political system and its effect on the relationship between the Court and the other two branches of government., Presents landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in subject matter categories that reflect doctrinal evolution, within the context of circumstance giving rise to each case, constitutional arguments of the parties, doctrines and policy choices of the Court, and consequences resulting from the judic