America's Lone Star constitution : how Supreme Court cases from Texas shape the nation / Lucas A. Powe, Jr.
2018
KFT1278 .P68 2018 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
America's Lone Star constitution : how Supreme Court cases from Texas shape the nation / Lucas A. Powe, Jr.
Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Description
ix, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The all-white primary
After the Voting Rights Act
From discrimination to affirmative action
Railroads
Oil
School finance
Immigration
Freedom of speech and the press
Freedom of and from religion
Abortion
Prosecuting consensual adult sex
Capital punishment
Tom DeLay's mid-decade redistricting.
After the Voting Rights Act
From discrimination to affirmative action
Railroads
Oil
School finance
Immigration
Freedom of speech and the press
Freedom of and from religion
Abortion
Prosecuting consensual adult sex
Capital punishment
Tom DeLay's mid-decade redistricting.
Summary
"Texas has created more constitutional law than any other state. In any classroom nationwide, any basic constitutional law course can be taught using nothing but Texas cases. That, however, understates the history and politics behind the cases. Beyond representing all doctrinal areas of constitutional law, Texas cases deal with the major issues of the nation. Leading legal scholar and Supreme Court historian Lucas A. Powe, Jr. charts the rich and pervasive development of Texas-inspired constitutional law. From voting rights to railroad regulations, or school finance to capital punishment, poverty to civil liberties, this wide-ranging and eminently readable book provides a window into the relationship between constitutional litigation and ordinary politics at the Supreme Court, illuminating how all of the fiercest national divides over what the Constitution means took shape in Texas"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Powe, L.A. Scot. America's Lone Star constitution. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Call Number
KFT1278 .P68 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9780520297807 (hardcover)
0520297806 (hardcover)
9780520297814 (paperback)
0520297814 (paperback)
9780520970014
0520970012
0520297806 (hardcover)
9780520297814 (paperback)
0520297814 (paperback)
9780520970014
0520970012
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