Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court

by Michael J. Perry

Book Overview

In this important book, Michael J. Perry examines three of the most disputed constitutional issues of our time: capital punishment, state laws banning abortion, and state policies denying the benefit of law to same-sex unions. The author, a leading constitutional scholar, explains that if a majority of the justices of the Supreme Court believes that a law violates the Constitution, it does not necessarily follow that the Court should rule that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052118441X
• ISBN13: 9780521184410
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"