Frank, Walter M., 1945-

Making sense of the constitution a primer on the Supreme Court and its struggle to apply our fundamental law / [electronic resource] : Walter M. Frank. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. - xi, 312 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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United States. Supreme Court.


Constitutional law--United States.


Electronic books.

KF4550 / .F678 2012eb

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