Making sense of the constitution : a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law /

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Main Author: Frank, Walter M., 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012
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245 1 0 |a Making sense of the constitution :  |b a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law /  |c Walter M. Frank 
260 |a Carbondale, Ill. :  |b Southern Illinois University Press,  |c c2012 
300 |a xi, 312 p. ;  |c 23 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index 
505 0 |a Some foundational ideas -- The Constitution and its Amendments : an overview -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- The Supreme Court in the constitutional structure -- What the court does : the stuff of judicial review -- The federal judicial system -- Life on the court -- The litigation process : from complaint to Supreme Court opinion -- The toolbox for judicial decision making -- Crafting a Constitution -- The court in action : contemporary constitutional controversies 
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