The law of the land : a grand tour of our constitutional republic /

"From Illinois to Alabama, and from Florida to Utah, our laws and legal debates arise from distinctive local settings within our vast and varied nation. As the renowned scholar Akhil Amar explains, Abraham Lincoln's argument against the legality of succession can be traced to his Midwester...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Amar, Akhil Reed (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
Subjects:	Constitutional law > United States > States. Constitutions > United States > States. Law > United States > States. United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment. United States. > Constitution. > 4th Amendment. Constitutional law > United States.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part I: Constitutional Interpreters
Illinois: Abraham Lincoln and the American Union
Alabama: Hugo Black and the Hall of Fame
New York: Robert Jackson and the Judicialization of the Judiciary
California: Anthony Kennedy and the Ideal of Equality
Part II: Constitutional Cases
Kansas: Living in the Shadow of Brown v. Board
Iowa: Rereading Tinker v. Des Moines
Florida: Getting to the Bottom of Bush v. Gore
Part III: Constitutional Provisions and Principles
Ohio: A Buckeye-State View of Presidents Without Mandates
Texas: A Lone-Star View of Presidential Selection and Succession
Wyoming: A Rocky-Mountain View of the Second Amendment
Massachusetts: A Bay-State View of the Fourth Amendment
New Jersey: Lord Camden Meets Federalism.