Before the Civil Rights Revolution : The Old Courts and Individual Rights (41) (Contributions in Legal Studies Ser., No. 41)
by Braeman, John
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- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0313262055
- ISBN 13
- 9780313262050
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About This Item
Westport, CT, U.S.A.: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Square with sharp corners, tight binding and hinges, clean and bright pages. Cloth over boards has light overall shelf wear. ; Book examines the record of the Supreme Court in the period from Reconstruction (1860s) to the "Roosevelt Court" (1937). The author argues that the Civil Rights decisions of the modern (post-1937) Supreme Court were incremental expansions based on precedents established by the Old Court; even discarded precedents continued to have influence in the Modern Court. Chapters: individual rights in a federal system, the scope of constitutionally protected rights, the dilemma of race, the criminal defendant, the Old Court and individual rights reappraised. Notes, bibliography, index. 9.5" (24 cm) tall; 216 pages.
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- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4990008
- Title
- Before the Civil Rights Revolution : The Old Courts and Individual Rights (41) (Contributions in Legal Studies Ser., No. 41)
- Author
- Braeman, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0313262055
- ISBN 13
- 9780313262050
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
- Place of Publication
- Westport, CT, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- UNITED, STATES, AMERICA, AMERICAN, AFRO, AFRICAN, HISTORY, CIVIL, RIGHTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Americana; Politics and Government;
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