Burger warren e 1907 1995 (2 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: W. Morrow and Co., New York, 1995
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Anbieter: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, USASteven Wolfe Books
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In den Warenkorbhardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: very good dust-jacket with small tear along flap edge and top edge, cover price $22.00, attractive copy, near fine gray half-cloth with off-white boards. BURGER, WARREN E. It is so ordered: a constitution unfolds. New York: W. Morrow and Co., 1995, stated First Editio…n, and 1st printing number line starting with 1, xi, 242pp., . The Constitution of the United States affects the daily life of every American in powerful and often unrecognized ways. Yet ever since the Constitution's adoption in 1787, its meaning - the way it is applied in actual cases - has been hotly debated. For more than two hundred years, the Supreme Court of the United States has been responsible for interpreting and defining the Constitution's meaning. In It Is So Ordered, Retired Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, who led the Supreme Court during his seventeen-year tenure, examines fourteen of the pivotal cases and historical events that defined the Constitution's real-life application. With this series of richly crafted stories, Chief Justice Burger explains how our nation's charter evolved. Here are the triumphs and tragedies of American constitutional law. In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) the Court assured that states could not burden interstate commerce, paving the way for phenomenal commercial growth in America. In Dred Scott v. Sandford (1 857), the Court ruled against the freedom of a slave and set the stage for the horrors of the Civil War. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Court endorsed the nightmare of state-sponsored segregation of the freed slaves. Taken together, the great cases Chief Justice Burger has chosen to explore have laid the foundation for the most successful political and economic system in history. Nevertheless, they remind us that democracy, with its often inconvenient checks and balances, is not always neat and orderly. Instead, Chief Justice Burger believes democracy is people - men and women with all their virtues and flaws - working together to produce ordered liberty. Throughout It Is So Ordered, Chief Justice Burger brings alive the historical figures who helped shape the United States - Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Harry Truman, among many others. And he brings to light "forgotten" heroes like Chief Justice John Marshall, who as the fourth Chief Justice gave the unproven judicial branch t he power and wisdom it needed to survive, particularly in the seminal case of Marbury v. Madison. Indeed, we learn that the great stroke in Marbury had its intellectual origins in the Court's 1796 decision in Ware v. Hylton, argued (unsuccessfully) by none other than John Marshall himself. The history of many of the difficult and controversial issues we ask our Constitution to address today is reflected in It Is So Ordered. A uniquely authoritative view of our nation's most vital document, it is a work of compelling interest to citizens, pundits, and politicians alike. - CONTENTS: In the beginning -- Mr. Marshall goes to court -- Treaties shall be the supreme law of the land -- Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Burr -- Mr. Marbury wants his job -- The impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase -- President Jefferson's papers are subpoenaed by John Marshall -- Dartmouth College and the contract clause -- The living Constitution -- The steamboat case--creating the American common market -- The great mistake -- "Separate but equal" is not equal -- The First Amendment and prior restraints -- Minnesota ignores the contract clause -- The steel seizure case. 9780688095956 ISBN 068809595X.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Washington, D.C., 1972
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Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USAArgosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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In den Warenkorbunbound. 2 pages, 7.75 x 5.75 inches, Washington, D.C., October 16, 1972, accompanied by the original postmarked envelope (splotched with ink). This warm and personal handwritten letter of condolence was sent to the wife of a friend and fellow lawyer, in part: ".Over the years of work I shared with Herman I came to feel that I h…ad found a friend I admired and whose career in the law was one every young lawyer could look to for inspiration. His was a truly dedicated life for his talents could have brought him a large material wealth had that been his concern. But his deep love for his fellow men--good, bad and indifferent--took him to the peak of his chosen field. He was rightly considered the 'Dean' of all Public Defenders in this country." Natural fold; near fine condition.
