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Taking sides : Clashing views on legal issues / selected, edited, and with introductions by M. Ethan Katsh.

Contributor(s): Series: Taking sides | McGraw-Hill contemporary learning seriesPublication details: New York : McGraw Hill, c2010.Edition: 14th edDescription: xvii, 385 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780078127595 (pbk.) :
  • 0078127599 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Clashing views on legal issues
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF385.A4 T35 2010
Contents:
Should U.S. Citizens Who Are Declared to Be "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge? -- Should Foreign Nationals Detained at Guantanamo Bay as "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge? -- Does the President Possess Constitutional Authority to Order Wiretaps on U.S. Citizens? -- Should Someone Held by the CIA and Interrogated in a Foreign Country Be Allowed to Sue the U.S. Government? -- 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? -- Can the Police Require Individuals to Identify Themselves? -- Do Religious Groups Have a Right to Use Public School Facilities After Hours? -- Is a Strip Search of Middle School Students That Is Aimed at Finding Drugs Impermissible Under the Fourth Amendment? -- 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? -- 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? -- Is Drug Testing of Students Who Participate in Extracurricular Activities Permitted Under the Fourth Amendment? -- 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? -- Should Children with Disabilities Be Provided with Extraordinary Care in Order to Attend Regular Classes in Public Schools? -- Do Race-Conscious Programs in Public University Admissions Policies Violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Law?
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection KF 385 .A4 T35 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TOPIC BOOKS 5001384

Includes bibliographical references.

Should U.S. Citizens Who Are Declared to Be "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge? -- Should Foreign Nationals Detained at Guantanamo Bay as "Enemy Combatants" Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge? -- Does the President Possess Constitutional Authority to Order Wiretaps on U.S. Citizens? -- Should Someone Held by the CIA and Interrogated in a Foreign Country Be Allowed to Sue the U.S. Government? -- 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? -- Can the Police Require Individuals to Identify Themselves? -- Do Religious Groups Have a Right to Use Public School Facilities After Hours? -- Is a Strip Search of Middle School Students That Is Aimed at Finding Drugs Impermissible Under the Fourth Amendment? -- 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? -- 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? -- Is Drug Testing of Students Who Participate in Extracurricular Activities Permitted Under the Fourth Amendment? -- 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? -- Should Children with Disabilities Be Provided with Extraordinary Care in Order to Attend Regular Classes in Public Schools? -- Do Race-Conscious Programs in Public University Admissions Policies Violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Guarantee of Equal Protection Under the Law?

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