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Foreshadows of the Law : Supreme Court Dissents and Constitutional Development

Shows how Supreme Court dissenting opinions later came to prevail in redefining the Constitution
eBook, English, 1992
ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 1992
1 online resource (198 pages)
9780313067815, 0313067813
609857817
Contents; Preface; Introduction: Judicial Review and Constitutional Development; 1. A Constitutional Right in Slavery; 2. Images of a New Union; 3. Constitutional Redefinition and National Reconstruction; 4. The Rise, Demise and Resurrection of Substantive Due Process; 5. Color and the Constitution; 6. Freedom of Speech: The "Indispensable" Liberty; 7. The Right to Be Let Alone; Afterword; Index