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Practical Companion to the Constitution: How the Supreme Court Has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning, Updated and Expanded Edition of the Evolvi

Contributor(s): Lieberman, Jethro K (Author)

ISBN: 9780520212800

Publisher: University of California Press

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Pub Date: March 10, 1999

Dewey: 342.7302

LCCN: 98018427

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Concordance, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 2.30" H x 10.00" L x 7.00" W ( 3.20 lbs) 810 pages

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Law | Legal History | Courts | General | Constitutional

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Description: "A remarkably illuminating guide to the way the Constitution and the Court actually work. . . . Reading this book is like being inside the Constitution."--Nat Hentoff, Columnist, "Village Voice"
"Thoughtful, accurate, and informative."--Albert J. Rosenthal, Columbia Law School
"A tour de force: a compact but comprehensive compendium of constitutional law that is both accessible to the lay person and helpful to the specialist. . . . It fills a unique niche in the voluminous constitutional law literature."--Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union
"The more time you spend leafing through this volume, the more you find yourself pausing to read, ponder and admire the entries. It is no small task to write concisely and well about complex and controversial subjects. Lieberman has the rare ability to pull off such a task with great panache."--Daniel J. Kornstein, "New York Law Journal"

Review Quotes: "I refer frequently to "A Practical Companion to the Constitution"--Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Linda Greenhouse, in a column on recommended reading on the Supreme Court, "New York Times

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