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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827835903321

Titolo

The Bill of Rights in modern America / / edited by David J. Bodenhamer and James W. Ely JR

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

0-253-06072-9

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 337 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

342.73085

Soggetti

Civil rights - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Nature of Rights -- 1. Rights Consciousness in American History -- Part II: Modern Rights in Controversy -- 2. The First Amendment and the Freedom to Differ -- 3. Church and State: The Religion Clauses -- 4. Public Safety and the Right to Bear Arms -- 5. The Enigmatic Place of Property Rights in Modern Constitutional Thought -- 6. Equal Protection and Affirmative Action -- Part III: Individual Rights and Public Safety -- 7. Reversing the Revolution: Rights of the Accused in a Conservative Age -- 8. Police Practices and the Bill of Rights -- Part IV: Emerging Rights -- 9. Privacy Rights in Modern America -- 10. The Rights of Noncitizens -- 11. The Coming Out of American Law -- Part V: State Constitutional Rights -- 12. Second Wind for State Bills of Rights -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

--A newly revised and updated version of the 2008 revised edition with updated introduction, four new chapters. --The editors were encouraged to update this edition with issues of diversity in mind. They have done so by including the expertise of more women and people of color. Also includes suggestions for further reading. --The audience for the work is primarily scholarly, though the work does lend itself to classroom discussion and course adoption as well. Readers would include legal scholars, legal anthropologists, and those who work in issues of modern rights and social justice.