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Perry, Michael J.

Constitutional rights, moral controversy, and the Supreme Court [electronic resource] / Michael J. Perry. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - x, 254 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human rights : from morality to constitutional law -- Constitutionally entrenched human rights, the Supreme Court, and Thayerian deference -- Capital punishment -- Same-sex unions -- Abortion -- Thayerian deference revisited.

This book examines the Supreme Court's proper role in adjudicating moral controversies that implicate constitutional rights


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780511480768 0511480768 9780511477560 0511477562 0511479964 9780511479960

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Thayer, James Bradley, 1831-1902.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional law--United States.
Civil rights--United States.
Political questions and judicial power--United States.
Capital punishment--United States.
Same-sex marriage--United States.
Abortion--Law and legislation--United States.

LC Class. No.: KF8748 / .P39 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 342.73