Product Description: One of the most important modern developments in American constitutional law has been the extension of the Bill of Rights to the states. The most important guarantees of the first eight amendments have been incorporated into the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, along with the doctrine that these are rights that are so "fundamental" that any restriction is subject to judicial "strict scrutiny...read more

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Product Description: Areligion or a culture like Judaism, at least three thousand years old, cannot be expected to be all of one piece, homogeneous, self-contained, consistent, a neatly constructed system of ideas. If Judaism were that, it would have died centuries ago and would be a subject of interest only to the historian and archaeologist...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The nine American Jews of whom Milton Konvitz writes are philosophers, jurists, or rabbis, widely known and readily accepted as American Jewish thinkers. Their work reflects all essential Jewish values. Each person in his own way has dedicated his work to the betterment of life and the advancement of human ideals...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A collection of essays which analyze the connections between the Torah and the American Constitution. The author elaborates on the centrality of law in both America and Judaism: the first bound to the Constitution and the Framers, and the second bound to Revelation. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This group of essays critically examine Horace Kallen's ideas and philosophy, and the extent of his influence. It describes how Kallen helped introduce Zionism in the United States, and how he became one of the first Americans involved in the founding of national civil rights and civil liberties organizations...read more

Product Description: An analysis of the constitutional aspects of a century-long struggle for civil rights.

Product Description: Cornell University Press, 1978, Very good., Clean, tight, in lightly worn dust jacket. 233 pages. [Religion - U.S., Judaism] Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care.

Product Description: This is critical rather than technical examination of the freedoms which are analogous with America: freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and others. Konvitz covers such topics as obscene literature, labor dispute picketing, previous restraint, police power, freedom not to speak, etc...read more

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Documents the decisions made in major constitutional cases dealing with civil liberties and rights between 1917 and 1972

Product Description: Book by Konvitz, Milton Ridvas