Toward a Usable Past: Liberty Under State Constitutions

by Paul Finkelman

Book Overview

The United States Supreme Court's relegation of many rights to definition under state constitutional law, combined with the tendency of recent administrations to entrust the states with the task of preserving individual rights, is increasingly making state constitutions the arena where the battles to preserve the rights to life, liberty, property, due process, and equal protection of laws must be fought.

Ranging in time from the late 1700s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820334960
• ISBN13: 9780820334967
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 462 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"