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245 0 0 _aTaking sides.
_pClashing views on legal issues /
_cselected, edited, and with introductions by M. Ethan Katsh.
246 3 0 _aClashing views on legal issues.
250 _a15th ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw Hill,
_cc2012.
300 _axxiv, 466 p. ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aTaking sides.
490 1 _aContemporary learning series.
500 _aPreviously published as: Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial legal issues.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aLaw and terrorism. Should U.S. citizens who are declared to be "enemy combatants" be able to contest their detention before a judge? ; Does the president possess constitutional authority to order wiretaps on U.S. citizens? -- Law and the individual. Are violent video games protected by the First Amendment? ; Is it constitutional to ban "partial-birth" abortions without providing for an exception to protect the health of the mother? ; Are restrictions on physician-assisted suicide constitutional? ; Does the sharing of music files through the internet violate copyright laws? ; Is the Eighth Amendment protection violated if prisoners are deprived of basic sustenance, including adequate medical care? -- Law and the State. Should judges be elected rather than appointed? ; Do religious groups have a right to use public school facilities after hours? ; Does the First Amendment protect picketing a funeral even when it intentionally inflicts emotional distress on the family? ; Can a school punish a student for speech at a school-supervised event off of school grounds when that speech could be viewed as promoting illegal drug use? ; Is a strip search of middle school students that is aimed at finding drugs prohibited under the Fourth Amendment? ; Does the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause of the Eighth Amendment bar the imposition of the death penalty on juveniles? ; Is a sentence of life in prison for stealing $150 worth of videotapes constitutional? ; Can noise coming from inside an apartment and which the police believe involves the destruction of drugs constitute "exigent circumstances" that allow police officers to enter and search a home without a warrant? ; Is the Fourth Amendment search and seizure guaranty violated by the use of high-technology thermal imaging devises? -- Law and the community. Is there a constitutional right to possess a firearm for private use? ; Are blanket prohibitions on cross burnings unconstitutional? ; Should same-sex couples receive constitutional protection? ; Do race-conscious programs in public university admissions policies violate the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law?
650 0 _aJustice, Administration of
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aConstitutional law
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aPolitical questions and judicial power
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aLaw
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States.
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700 1 _aKatsh, M. Ethan.
_0(local)36368
740 0 _aTaking sides.
_pClashing views on controversial legal issues.
830 0 _aTaking sides.
_0(local)36369
830 0 _aMcGraw-Hill contemporary learning series.
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