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050	0	0	_aKF4530 _b.A43 2015
082	0	0	_a342.73 _223
100	1		_aAmar, Akhil Reed,
245	1	4	_aThe law of the land : _ba grand tour of our constitutional republic / _cAkhil Reed Amar.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2015]
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_axii, 357 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
520			_a"From Illinois to Alabama, and from Florida to Utah, our laws and legal debates arise from distinctive local settings within our vast and varied nation. As the renowned scholar Akhil Amar explains, Abraham Lincoln's argument against the legality of succession can be traced to his Midwestern upbringing, just as a close look at the Florida legislature and state Supreme Court reveals the fundamental wrongness of the Bush v. Gore decision. Amar profiles Alabama's Hugo Black, the dominant constitutional jurist of the twentieth century, and California's Anthony Kennedy, the powerful swing justice on the current Court. He probes Brown v. Board of Education, and explores the divisiveness of the Second and Fourth Amendments. An expert guide to America's constitutional landscape, Amar sheds new light on American history and politics and shows how America's legal tradition unites a vast and disparate land. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 307-344) and index.
505	0		_aPart I: Constitutional Interpreters -- Illinois: Abraham Lincoln and the American Union -- Alabama: Hugo Black and the Hall of Fame -- New York: Robert Jackson and the Judicialization of the Judiciary -- California: Anthony Kennedy and the Ideal of Equality -- Part II: Constitutional Cases -- Kansas: Living in the Shadow of Brown v. Board -- Iowa: Rereading Tinker v. Des Moines -- Florida: Getting to the Bottom of Bush v. Gore -- Part III: Constitutional Provisions and Principles -- Ohio: A Buckeye-State View of Presidents Without Mandates -- Texas: A Lone-Star View of Presidential Selection and Succession -- Wyoming: A Rocky-Mountain View of the Second Amendment -- Massachusetts: A Bay-State View of the Fourth Amendment -- New Jersey: Lord Camden Meets Federalism.
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zUnited States _xStates.
650		0	_aConstitutions _zUnited States _xStates.
650		0	_aLaw _zUnited States _xStates.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _tConstitution. _n2nd Amendment.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _tConstitution. _n4th Amendment.
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zUnited States.
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