The supreme court and individual rights, 5th ed.

9780872894242

The supreme court and individual rights, 5th ed.

Savage, David G.

CQ Press

2009

570 pages

$49.00

Paperback

KF4748

Savage, a Supreme Court reporter for the Los Angeles Times, examines the effects of US Supreme Court decisions on the rights and freedoms of the individual. He documents the Court's emergence as a defender of individual rights and liberties, including recent cases through the 2007-2008 term relating to handguns, the death penalty, and the rights of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, for instance. He also discusses the First Amendment; equal vote and political association; due process and criminal rights; the guarantees of a fair trial and legal counsel; protections against unreasonable search and seizure, self-incrimination, and cruel and unusual punishment; equal rights and protection, including racial and sexual equality; and personal liberties and privacy rights. The chapter on Second Amendment rights is new to this edition.

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