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Shaping constitutional values : elected government, the Supreme Court, and the abortion debate / Neal Devins.

Title
Shaping constitutional values : elected government, the Supreme Court, and the abortion debate / Neal Devins.
Author
Devins, Neal
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

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Description
xiv, 193 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
In the more than twenty years since Roe v. Wade, the executive and legislative branches of government have pursued a staggering number of initiatives relating to abortion. In this groundbreaking study, legal scholar Neal Devins shows how the Supreme Court, elected government, and private citizens together help to shape what the Constitution means. Central to his study is the question of how the Court and elected government influence each other. In addition to the abortion debate, Devins examines conflicts over federalism, race, religion, and separation of powers. These constitutional disputes, Devins contends, can be as constructive as they are inevitable. Without an ongoing dynamic that allows each side to win some of the time, Devins concludes, the Constitution would be less enduring.
Series Statement
Interpreting American politics
Uniform Title
Interpreting American politics.
Alternative Title
Shaping constitutional values
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-186) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Judicial Review or Judicial Supremacy? -- 3. Constitutional Interpretation by Elected Government -- 4. Constitutional Dialogues: Case Studies -- 5. The Making and Unmaking of Roe v. Wade: The Rise, Fall, and Partial Resurrection of State Abortion Laws -- 6. Congress and Abortion -- 7. The Executive and Abortion -- 8. What the Abortion Debate Teaches Us about American Politics -- 9. Converging Values: The Evolution of Court and Elected-Government Views on Abortion -- 10. The Interactive Constitution.
ISBN
  • 0801852846 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0801852854 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^95039584^
OCLC
  • 33667372
  • SCSB-10171855
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library