SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT, 1976-1977 TERM

• NCJ Number: 56630
• Author(s): B E FEIN
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 168 pages
• Corporate Author: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Sale Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUMMARIES OF ALL THE MAJOR OPINIONS OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN 1976-1977 ARE PROVIDED, ALONG WITH THE ANALYSES OF THEIR IMPACT UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY IN AMERICAN LIFE.

Abstract

AFFECTING BOTH CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, THE DECISIONS FOCUS ON THE POWERS OF THE POLICE AND PROSECUTORS, THE DEATH PENALTY, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, SELF-INCRIMINATION, THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL, OBSCENITY ISSUES, ACCESS TO ABORTIONS AND CONTRACEPTIVES, FREE SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND RELIGION, AND ELECTION AND VOTING RIGHTS. ALSO CONSIDERED ARE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, SEX DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ALIENS, FEDERAL COURTS AND PROCEDURE, PRISONS AND PRISONER RIGHTS, LABOR LAW, ANTITRUST AND SECURITY ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, STATE TAXATION AND THE REGULATION OF COMMERCE, AND PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS. BOTH SUBJECT AND CASE INDEXES ARE INCLUDED. REFERENCE AND CASE NOTES ARE FOOTNOTED. (KBL)