| Description |
18 audio discs (approximately 1080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (22 cm.). |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Performer |
Lecturer, Peter Irons of the University of California at San Diego. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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In three containers, each containing 6 audio CD's and one course guidebook. |
| Summary |
A thirty-six lecture course that traces the development of the United States Supreme Court from its founding to the present, with a focus on the landmark cases that have reflected conflicts in American society. |
| Contents |
lecture 1. Personality and principle -- lecture 2. Shaping the Constitution and the Court -- lecture 3. Ratification and the Bill of Rights -- lecture 4. John Marshall takes control -- lecture 5. Impeachment, contract and federal power -- lecture 6. Roger Taney takes control -- lecture 7. A small pleasant-looking negro -- lecture 8. The Civil War amendments -- lecture 9. Separate but equal -- lecture 10. Two justices from Boston -- lecture 11. The laissez-faire court -- lecture 12. Clear and present danger -- lecture 13. The Taft Court and the twenties -- lecture 14. Wins and losses for New Deal laws -- lecture 15. Court packing and constitutional revolution -- lecture 16. The New Dealers take control -- lecture 17. Beyond the reach of majorities -- lecture 18. Pearl Harbor and panic -- lecture 19. The Supreme Court and the Communist Party -- lecture 20. Thurgood Marshall, lawyer and justice -- lecture 21. Five Jim Crow schools and five cases -- lecture 22. The hearts and minds of black children -- lecture 23. War against the Constitution -- lecture 24. Earl Warren, politician to Chief Justice -- lecture 25. We beg thy blessings -- lecture 26. You have the right to remain silent -- lecture 27. The Warren Court reshapes the Constitution -- lecture 28. Earl Warren leaves, Warren Burger arrives -- lecture 29. A right to privacy -- lecture 30. From abortion to Watergate -- lecture 31. The court faces affirmative action -- lecture 32. Down from the pedestal, out of the closet -- lecture 33. Burning flags and burning crosses -- lecture 34. Prayer and abortion return to the court -- lecture 35. One vote decides two crucial cases -- lecture 36. Looking back and looking ahead. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
United States. Supreme Court -- History.
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Judicial review -- United States -- Study and teaching.
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Separation of powers -- United States -- Study and teaching.
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Constitutional law -- United States -- Cases -- Study and teaching.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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Audiobooks on compact discs.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565857518: $269.95 |
| Music No. |
8570 Teaching Company |
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8571--8573 Teaching Company |
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