TY - BOOK AU - Amar,Vikram AU - Tushnet,Mark TI - Global Perspectives on Constitutional Law T2 - Global Perspectives Series SN - 9780199716562 AV - KF4550.G58 2009 U1 - 342.73 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press, Incorporated KW - Constitutional law -- United States KW - Constitutional law KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Abstract and Concrete Review -- 2. Judicial Independence -- 3. Federal Powers and the Principle of Subsidiarity -- 4. Separation of Powers and Parliamentary Government -- 5. Property Rights -- 6. Abortion Rights -- 7. Review of Laws Having Racially Disparate Impacts -- 8. Affirmative Action and Benign Discrimination -- 9. Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation -- 10. Review of Laws Having a Disparate Impact Based on Gender -- 11. Free Speech and the Incitement of Violence or Unlawful Behavior: Statutes Directed at Speech -- 12. Free Speech and the Incitement of Violence or Unlawful Behavior: Statutes Not Specifically Directed at Speech -- 13. Regulation of Hate Speech -- 14. Regulation of Campaign Finance -- 15. Religious Freedom -- 16. The State Action Doctrine -- Table of cases -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z N2 - An ideal supplement for professors who wish to incorporate comparative law into their constitutional law courses, Global Perspectives on Constitutional Law introduces students to the various ways that nations other than the United States resolve contemporary constitutional questions. Covering both structural issues and individual rights, the book offers a wide but select range of readings on interesting constitutional issues in sixteen accessible chapters. Each brief chapter presents foreign case materials on a particular constitutional topic along with notes and questions that further illuminate the comparisons between U.S. constitutional law and that of other nations UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3052824 ER -