Spanning three volumes, this comprehensive encyclopedia of over six hundred entries covers the full range of civil rights and liberties in America from the antecedents of the Bill of Rights through the most recent controversies over political and social issues, including abortion, free speech, religious liberty, voting rights, and the guarantees of equality. It also addresses the civil rights and liberties issues stemming from America's ongoing war on terrorism. Detailed entries include key concepts, historical events and developments, major trials and appellate court decisions, landmark legislation, legal doctrines, important personalities, and key organizations and agencies. Entries have an objective tone, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions.
Designed as an up-to-date reference source for students, scholars, and citizens, the encyclopedia will help broaden and heighten understanding and appreciation for the wide range of issues associated with civil rights and liberties in the United States, and is the most sophisticated treatment available. The volumes of the encyclopedia consist of original entries, arranged alphabetically, on many current hot-button issues as well as in-depth coverage of the rights Americans hold sacred. Written by experts in the field, including attorneys, judges, and legal scholars, the encyclopedia takes a historical-legal approach, providing important information on the background and development of an issue or event. 
 The third volume concludes with over three dozen essential primary documents, including landmark statutes, key court decisions, and influential essays.

Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [3 volumes]

Self-Help

Scheb, II John M.

Stephens, Jr. Otis H.

Stooksbury, Kara E.

Death & Grief

Greenwood

Provides an extensive treatment of the judicial process and doctrines surrounding judicial review. Includes over 100 edited Supreme Court cases and chapters on: modern administrative state and importance of bureaucracy, constitutional sources of civil rights and liberties, economic regulation and property rights, constitutional right of privacy, criminal justice, equal protection, and voting rights. Also extensive treatment of federalism.

American Constitutional Law: Essays and Cases

Wadsworth Publishing

Traces the history of criminal law and integrates contemporary criminal law and procedure with constitutional principles. The second edition includes four chapters covering juvenile justice, drug and alcohol offenses, crimes against public health and the environment, and the military justice system. Case in Point boxes concisely illustrate major principles, and chapter-end cases have been tightly edited for easier comprehension.

Criminal Law and Procedure

Politics & Social Sciences

Scheb, John M.

Social Sciences

Cengage Learning'

This comprehensive text features an American political culture theme throughout. Pedagogy and features demonstrate how political culture (values, expectations, beliefs) is revealed through popular culture (movies, cartoons, TV, music). The text also has extensive coverage of the traditional topics and the historical context from which they arose.

American Government: Politics and Political Culture

Education & Teaching

Lyons, William

Richardson, Lilliard

Schools & Teaching

Paperback split of the authors Criminal Law and Procedure (West, 1994) develops the background of criminal procedure, highlights contemporary developments, and illustrates the applicability of criminal procedure to specific situations. Shows how criminal law has transformed into a sophisticated process as the Constitution was interpreted in order to establish federal standards for the pretrial, trial, sentencing and appellate stages of criminal law. The text places special emphasis on pretrial and appellate processes and on the explanation of important constitutional concepts.

Criminal Procedure

Important recent developments, intriguing cases, broad coverage of law and procedures...this practical, up-to-date book gives you everything you need to understand the substantive and procedural aspects of criminal law. Ideal for criminal justice, pre-law, and paralegal students, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE includes useful student aids to help you master the material and succeed in your course. Praised for its currency, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE includes timely topics such as the post-9-11 environment; the recent surge in white-collar crime, cybercrime, and identity theft; military courts; new sentencing guidelines; and more.

AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Volumes I and II, combines cases, decisions, and authorial commentary to maximize your learning and understanding in this course. These comprehensive volumes cover the entire range of topics in constitutional law. Each of the chapters includes an extended essay providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural contexts for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court case that follows. In selecting, editing, and updating the materials, the authors emphasize recent trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation. At the same time, the authors include many landmark decisions, some of which retain importance as precedents while others illustrate the transient nature of constitutional interpretation. Because the book provides a good balance of decisions and authorial commentary, this text appeals to instructors of law as well as instructors of political science.

American Constitutional Law, Volume I: Sources of Power and Restraint

Constitutional Law

American Constitutional Law, Volume II: Civil Rights and Liberties

Clear and accessible, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, Fifth Edition, is packed with current cases and real-world examples. Extremely student friendly, the text couples a classic organization and traditional presentation of case law with cutting-edge coverage of recent trends in law and procedure. The authors' combined academic and practical legal experience gives you firsthand insights into the American legal system. Utilizing extensive case material, the text covers the historical background of criminal procedure and includes the latest Supreme Court decisions and other developments in criminal justice today. This is one of two updated "splits" of the combined CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE, Sixth Edition (c. 2008), by the same authors.

Current, engaging, and succinct, CRIMINAL LAW, Fifth Edition, describes both the reasoning behind criminal law and the practical applications of that law. It couples a traditional presentation of case law with cutting-edge coverage of recent trends in law. Drawing from the combined legal and practical experience of the authors--a judge and a law professor--the text gives you firsthand insights into the American legal system, and its simple, nonlegal language makes it easier to read than other law books. Featuring relevant cases-in-point throughout the text, the authors encourage you not only to learn but also to really think about and understand the law. A new student website also offers samples of case briefings, which provide excellent examples to model your own briefings after. CRIMINAL LAW, Fifth Edition, also utilizes extensive case material, covers the historical background of criminal law, and includes the latest Supreme Court decisions. This is one of two updated "splits" of the combined CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE, Sixth Edition (c. 2008), by the same authors.

Criminal Law

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Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties [3 volumes]

American Constitutional Law: Essays and Cases

Criminal Law and Procedure

American Government: Politics and Political Culture

Criminal Procedure

Criminal Law and Procedure

American Constitutional Law, Volume I: Sources of Power and Restraint

American Constitutional Law, Volume II: Civil Rights and Liberties

Criminal Procedure

Criminal Law