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Shaping America
Edward F. Mannino
其他書名
The Supreme Court and American Society
出版University of South Carolina Press, 2009
主題History / United States / GeneralLaw / GeneralLaw / CourtsLaw / Government / FederalLaw / JurisprudenceLaw / Legal HistoryPolitical Science / ConstitutionsPolitical Science / American Government / Judicial Branch
ISBN15700385709781570038570
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xNZFAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book offers an in-depth examination of the cultural context inherent in Court rulings. ""Shaping America"" offers a compelling survey of American history as viewed through the perspective of the United States Supreme Court, concentrating on how the Court's decisions have shaped American society and how the Court in turn has been affected by prevailing political cultures, strong public attitudes, and several dominating justices. Edward F. Mannino, a practicing trial lawyer and legal historian, analyzes the historical forces that permitted the Court to affect American society profoundly through some 150 decisions organized along chronological and thematic lines. Casting his gaze across the nation's past, he surveys seminal cases in American constitutional history, including Marbury v. Madison, the New Orleans Slaughterhouse Cases, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Boumediene v. Bush, and D.C. v. Heller. Mannino takes special interest in cases respecting business and religion in American society and offers concise and objective perspectives on decisions affecting them. Throughout the volume Mannino illustrates the mutual influence the Court and societal forces have on each other, ably demonstrating how Court deliberations affect - and are affected by - the context in which they occur. Mannino integrates historical and legal subjects into a single comprehensive exploration of the Supreme Court's evolving role in shaping American society from the earliest days of the eighteenth century through the present. The result is a useful single-volume study of defining issues in American legal history.