Chief Justice John Marshall was among the major figures of American law, and widely regarded as the father of the Supreme Court. This is a study of the pre-Marshall Supreme Court and its justices, with a view to offering a better understanding of the origins of American constitutionalism.
Focuses on four ideological movements and their strategies, among them the struggle over the closing of gay bathhouses in the early years of the AIDS crisis and the radical feminist use of rage and radical consciousness in anti- pornography campaigns.
This book will expand the thinking of forensic psychologists, legal professionals, and mental health practitioners who work with the law or serve as expert witnesses in court.
How to Save Yourself from Your Heirs and Protectors : Involuntary Conservatorships and Guardianships
Highlights the problem areas common to the codes that should be changed and recommends ways that seniors can protect themselves to preserve their personal and financial freedom in their retirement years. This book suggests alternatives to conservatorships and guardianships that exist in states to help the elderly with aspects of daily living.
Identifying a profoundly male bias in the law, this text recommends a reasonable woman standard for measuring behaviour, arguing that a woman-based legal standard would help rectify the imbalance in how society and its legal system view sexual and gender-based crime.
Tracing the origins of the black rage defence back through American history, this work recreates many dramatic legal trials. The author distinguishes between applying an environmental defence and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes.
Conflict and Reconciliation in Post-Civil Rights America
Once dominated by black-white relations, discussions of race in the USA are increasingly informed by an awareness of strife between non-white racial groups. Combining race history, legal theory, theology, social psychology and anecdote, this work offers an examination of race and responsibility.
A Critical History of the Separation of Church and State
A work which sets out to show that the separation of Church and State is invoked to further Christian domination of American society. The book contains material of interest to scholars of Church history, Jewish persecution, normative political theory and constitutional law.
Features the four primary documents that, since 1878, formed a type of 'preamble' to the revised United States Code, including the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, and the Constitution. This book discusses how and why these documents were given such an important place in the US Code.
