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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462193703321

Autore

Laidler Paweł

Titolo

Basic cases in U.S. constitutional law [[electronic resource] ] : the separation of powers / / Paweł Laidler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kraków, : Jagiellonian University Press, c2005

ISBN

83-233-8498-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Basic documents in American studies

Soggetti

Constitutional law - United States

Constitutional law - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Chapter One. Due Process of Law; Introduction to Volume Two; Due Process of Law - Basic Information; Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore - 32 U.S. 243 (1833); Lochner v. New York - 198 U.S. 45 (1905); Palko v. Connecticut - 302 U.S. 319 (1937); United States v. Carolene Products Co. - 304 U.S. 144 (1938); Chapter Two. Freedom of Speech and of the Press; Introduction; Schenck v. United States - 249 U.S. 47 (1919); Gitlow v. New York - 268 U.S. 652 (1925); Whitney v. California - 274 U.S. 357 (1927); Near v. Minnesota - 283 U.S. 697 (1931)

Chaplinsky v. State of New Hampshire - 315 U.S.568 (1942)Roth v. United States - 354 U.S. 476 (1957); New York Times v. Sullivan - 376 U.S. 254 (1964); Brandenburg v. Ohio - 395 U.S. 444 (1969); Bigelow v. Virginia - 421 U.S. 809 (1975); Texas v. Johnson - 491 U.S. 397 (1989); Chapter Three. Freedom of Religion; Introduction; Cantwell v. Connecticut - 310 U.S. 296 (1940); Everson v. Board of Education - 330 U.S. 1 (1947); Engel v. Vitale - 370 U.S. 421 (1962); Lemon v. Kurtzman - 403 U.S. 602 (1971); Wallace v. Jaffree - 472 U.S. 38 (1985); Zelman v. Simmons-Harris - 536 U.S. 639 (2002)

Chapter Four. Right to PrivacyIntroduction; Griswold v. Connecticut - 381 U.S. 479 (1965); Loving v. Virginia - 388 U.S. 1 (1967); Roe v. Wade - 410 U.S. 113 (1973); Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania,et al. v. Casey, et al. - 505 U.S. 833 (1992); Vacco v. Quill



- 521 U.S. 793 (1997); Lawrence and Garner v. Texas - 539 U.S. 558(2003); Chapter Five. Equal Protection of Law; Introduction; Dred Scott v. Sandford - 60 U.S. 19 (1856); Slaughterhouse Cases - 83 U.S. 16 (1873); Plessy v. Ferguson - 163 U.S. 537 (1896); Korematsu v. United States - 323 U.S. 214 (1944)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka- 347 U.S. 483 (1954)Regents of the University of California v. Bakke - 438 U.S. 265 (1978); Romer v. Evans - 517 U.S. 620 (1996); Chapter Six. Criminal Procedure/Rights of the Accused; Introduction; Mapp v. Ohio - 367 U.S. 643 (1961); Gideon v. Wainwright - 372 U.S. 335 (1963); Miranda v. Arizona - 384 U.S. 436 (1966); Duncan v. Louisiana - 391 U.S. 145 (1968); Terry v. Ohio - 392 U.S. 1 (1968); Batson v. Kentucky - 476 U.S. 79 (1986); Further Readings

Sommario/riassunto

Basic Documents in American Studies is a series of volumes of documents and commentaries thematically related to the USA. Scholars of the Jagiellonian University were invited to take part in this project, especially those working at the Institute for American Studies and Polish Diaspora and the Institute of Political Science and International Relations. The authors of these volumes have conducted thorough research in their particular fields, and have gained a wealth of experience thanks to lectures held first at the Center for American Studies and later within the scope of BA, MA and Ph.D. pro



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787819903321

Autore

Greer John Michael

Titolo

Twilight's last gleaming / / John Michael Greer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Karnac, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78241-275-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

The Karnac Library

Disciplina

823.914

Soggetti

Thrillers (Fiction)

Political fiction

Tanzania Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CAST OF CHARACTERS; PART ONE HUBRIS; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; PART TWO NEMESIS; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; ELEVEN; TWELVE; PART THREE TO THE BRINK; THIRTEEN; FOURTEEN; FIFTEEN; SIXTEEN; SEVENTEEN; EIGHTEEN; PART FOUR CROSSING THE LINE; NINETEEN; TWENTY; TWENTY-ONE; TWENTY-TWO; TWENTY-THREE; TWENTY-FOUR; PART FIVE DISSOLUTION; TWENTY-FIVE; TWENTY-SIX; TWENTY-SEVEN; TWENTY-EIGHT; TWENTY-NINE; THIRTY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

A chilling high-concept geo-political thriller where a declining United States and a resurgent China come to the brink of all out nuclear war.The year is 2025. Oil is the black gold that controls the fortunes of all nations and the once-mighty United States is down to the dregs. A giant oil field is discovered off the Tanzanian coast and the newly elected US President finds his solution to America''s ailing economy. While the US blindly plots and plans regime change in this hitherto insignificant African nation, Tanzania''s allies - the Chinese - start their own secret machinations. The explos