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Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court
Contributor(s): Perry, Michael J. (Author)

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 ISBN: 052118441X     ISBN-13: 9780521184410
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $37.04  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Judicial Power
- Law | Constitutional
- Law | Civil Rights
Dewey: 342.73
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.75 lbs) 266 pages
 
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In this important new book, Michael J. Perry examines three of the most disputed constitutional issues of our time: capital punishment, state laws banning abortion, and state policies denying the benefit of law to same-sex unions. The author, a leading constitutional scholar, explains that if a majority of the justices of the Supreme Court believes that a law violates the Constitution, it does not necessarily follow that the Court should rule that the law is unconstitutional. In cases in which it is argued that a law violates the Constitution, the Supreme Court must decide which of two importantly different questions it should address: (1) Is the challenged law unconstitutional? (2) Is the lawmakers' judgment that the challenged law is constitutional a reasonable judgment? (One can answer both questions in the affirmative.) By focusing on the death penalty, abortion, and same-sex unions, Perry provides illuminating new perspectives not only on moral controversies that implicate one or more constitutionally entrenched human rights, but also on the fundamental question of the Supreme Court's proper role in adjudicating such controversies.
 
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