NCJ Number
154120
Date Published
1994
Length
205 pages
Annotation
This book discusses the major privacy and search-and-seizure issues that the U.S. Supreme Court has addressed.
Abstract
One chapter examines the Supreme Court's decisions concerning what is protected by the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution, followed by a chapter that examines the complex area of when police and other government officials may search buildings such as homes and businesses. A chapter addresses when police may search and seize people while they are out in public, and another chapter examines when automobiles and baggage may be searched and seized. Other chapters trace the history and development of the exclusionary rule and examine the right to privacy beyond search and seizure, such as the right to have an abortion. Each chapter is divided into three parts. The first part, provides an overview of the important Supreme Court decisions in a particular area to show the development of the Court's thinking over time. Each of the substantive chapters also contains excerpts from the text of Supreme Court decisions that illustrate the major issues under discussion and the logic behind the Court's thinking in each area. Discussion questions at the end of each of these chapters are intended to stimulate both thought and discussion. The table of cases provides references to all the Supreme Court decisions discussed in the text. Appended text of the U.S. Constitution and a chronological listing of all the justices who have sat on the Supreme Court, along with a glossary