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Constitutional Law

Searches and Seizures: The Fourth Amendment: Its Constitutional History and Contemporary Debate (Bill of Rights)

Searches and Seizures: The Fourth Amendment: Its Constitutional History and Contemporary Debate (Bill of Rights)
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This thorough and timely anthology on the Â Fourth AmendmentÂ provides an overview of the most important aspects of this crucial amendment'sÂ doctrine and scholarly criticisms of the Supreme Courtâ€™s jurisprudence relating to the amendment. Dividing the work into three parts, the author begins by providing historical background and a summation of the debate over the meaning of Fourth Amendment.

In the next section, the work focuses on the doctrinal underpinnings of the Fourth Amendment, providing both description and critique of the U.S. Supreme Courtâ€™s current search and seizure jurisprudence. It examines problems with the Courtâ€™s definition of a "search" and "seizure" and the thorny subject of racial and ethnic profiling, among other topics.

The concluding section examines the future of the Fourth Amendment in light of new and emerging technologies and the war on terror.

This user-friendly, well-organized anthology will be of great value to students and scholars of the law, and anyone with an interest in the balance between individual rights and governmental power.
Country USA
Brand Prometheus Books
Manufacturer Prometheus
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-01-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616141806

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