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OverviewTexas has created more constitutional law than any other state. In any classroom nationwide, any basic constitutional law course can be taught using nothing but Texas cases. That, however, understates the history and politics behind the cases. Beyond representing all doctrinal areas of constitutional law, Texas cases deal with the major issues of the nation. Leading legal scholar and Supreme Court historian Lucas A. Powe, Jr., charts the rich and pervasive development of Texas-inspired constitutional law. From voting rights to railroad regulations, school finance to capital punishment, poverty to civil liberties, this wide-ranging and eminently readable book provides a window into the relationship between constitutional litigation and ordinary politics at the Supreme Court, illuminating how all of the fiercest national divides over what the Constitution means took shape in Texas. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lucas A. PowePublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780520297814ISBN 10: 0520297814 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 27 April 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PART I: TEXAS THE SOUTHERN STATE 1. The All-White Primary 2. After the Voting Rights Act 3. From Discrimination to Affirmative Action PART II: TEXAS THE WESTERN STATE 4. Railroads 5. Oil 6. School Finance 7. Immigration PART III: TEXAS AND CULTURAL ISSUES 8. Freedom of Speech and the Press 9. Freedom of and from Religion 10. Abortion PART IV: DISTINCTLY TEXAS 11. Prosecuting Consensual Adult Sex 12. Capital Punishment 13. Tom DeLay's Mid-Decade Redistricting Conclusion Notes List of Cases IndexReviewsThis thoroughly convincing monograph is the definitive work on Texan influence over federal case law. The included political conflicts are tremendously compelling. Indispensable for constitutional historians, Texas historians, and scholars whose work considers sociopolitical influences in American jurisprudence, this book is a delight to read and a most engaging, dramatic account of legal history. * The Journal of American History * ...written by an expert with a deep knowledge of constitutional law who possesses a knack for the telling human detail...filled with wide- ranging opinions on the Supreme Court and its justices, Texas and Texans, and the workings of law and politics. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly * .. .written by an expert with a deep knowledge of constitutional law who possesses a knack for the telling human detail...filled with wide- ranging opinions on the Supreme Court and its justices, Texas and Texans, and the workings of law and politics. -- (02/01/2019) ...written by an expert with a deep knowledge of constitutional law who possesses a knack for the telling human detail...filled with wide- ranging opinions on the Supreme Court and its justices, Texas and Texans, and the workings of law and politics. * Southwestern Historical Quarterly * Author InformationLucas A. Powe, Jr. is Anne Green Regents Chair in the School of Law and Professor of Government at the University of Texas. He is the author of five previous books, including The Warren Court and American Politics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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