Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial legal issues /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Conn. :
McGraw-Hill/Dushkin,
[2004]
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| Edition: | 11th ed. |
| Series: | Taking sides.
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Table of Contents:
- Do "standardless" manual recounts violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution?
- Is abortion protected by the Constitution?
- Are restrictions on physician-assisted suicide constitutional?
- Do people have a legal right to clone themselves?
- Does the sharing of music files through the Internet violate copyright laws?
- Should the insanity defense be abolished?
- Are pretextual stops by the police constitutional?
- Do religious groups have a right to use public school facilities after hours?
- Does the use of high-technology thermal imaging devices violate the Fourth Amendment search and seizure guarantee?
- Are laws requiring schools and public libraries to filter Internet access constitutional?
- Is it constitutional to impose the death penalty on the mentally retarded?
- Is a sentence of life in prison for stealing $150 worth of videotapes constitutional?
- Is drug use testing of students who participate in extracurricular activities permitted under the Fourth Amendment?
- Can companies that lie about their business practices be punished without having their First Amendment rights violated?
- Are blanket prohibitions on cross burnings unconstitutional?
- Are laws criminalizing homosexual conduct unconstitutional?
- Are public school officials liable for damages in cases of student-on-student sexual harassment?
- Should children with disabilities be provided with extraordinary care in order to attend regular classes in public schools?
- Do race-conscious programs in public university admissions policies violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law?