Reconstructing the Fourth Amendment [[electronic resource] ] : A History of Search and Seizure, 1789-1868 / / Andrew E. Taslitz

• Autore: Taslitz Andrew E. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.73/054409034
• Soggetto topico: Searches and seizures - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-342) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Plugging into the Fourth Amendment's matrix -- Violence as political expression -- The quantity and quality of evidence -- Modern implications I : peoplehood and inter-branch responsibilities -- Modern implications II : precedent and political meaning -- Expressive violence and southern honor -- Slave locomotion -- Mobility's meaning for the South -- Mobility's meaning for the North -- Privacy and property -- Civil War and Reconstruction -- Law on the street.
• Sommario/riassunto: The modern law of search and seizure permits warrantless searches that ruin the citizenry's trust in law enforcement, harms minorities, and embraces an individualistic notion of the rights that it protects, ignoring essential roles that properly-conceived protections of privacy, mobility, and property play in uniting Americans. Many believe the Fourth Amendment is a poor bulwark against state tyrannies, particularly during the War on Terror. Historical amnesia has obscured the Fourth Amendment's positive aspects, and Andrew E. Taslitz rescues its forgotten history in Reconstructing the Fourth
• Titolo autorizzato: Reconstructing the Fourth Amendment
• ISBN: 0-8147-8421-6; 0-8147-8315-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910480739403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II