The Fourth Amendment: searches and seizures : its constitutional history and the contemporary debate /
For decades, legal scholars and Supreme Court justices have debated the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. This debate has taken on particular significance today in the wake of terrorist threats to our national security. The way the Court interprets the amendment has a direct impact on all those whose...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amherst, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books,
©2011
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| Series: | Bill of Rights series (Amherst, N.Y.)
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| Summary: | For decades, legal scholars and Supreme Court justices have debated the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. This debate has taken on particular significance today in the wake of terrorist threats to our national security. The way the Court interprets the amendment has a direct impact on all those whose lives are touched by government searches. In this thorough and timely anthology, law professor Cynthia Lee provides an overview of the most important aspects of Fourth Amendment doctrine and the major criticisms of the Supreme Court's decisions relating to it Cynthia Lee is the Charles Kennedy Poe Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. --Book Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 368 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-368) |
| ISBN: | 9781616141806 1616141808 |