Roe v. Wade: The Abortion Rights Controversy in American History, 2nd Edition (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (574 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 070061754X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Wade in 1973. E. Planned Parenthood and Gonzales v. Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even violence as the one delivered in Roe v. The new edition, however, adds two completely new chapters covering abortion politics and legal battles in the post-9/11 era, along with a new preface and a much-revised epilogue and conclusion. Bush and Barack Obama; Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Sonia Sotomayor; two major 5-4 Supreme Court decisions Gonzales v. Hull ha
To orient the uninitiated, the authors interweave brief biographies of key figures (e.g., Thurgood Marshall and Antonin Scalia). With a deliberately (and rather successfully) even hand, law professor Hull and history professor Hoffer (coauthors of Impeachment in America) set out to answer one central question: how did abortion become illegal in America? Before Anthony Comstock's 1870s "anti-vice" campaigns, government was relatively uninvolved with women's pregnancies, which were seen as private. Legal terms (undue burden, class action suits, injunctions) are cleanly explained in a few concise sentences when they
A highly readable and engaging book on the topic Zvi M. Aranoff This is a highly readable and engaging book on the topic, covering the history of abortion laws from early 1800s to the Clinton years. To explain the legal shifts throughout those 200 years, the authors describe the social, political, religious and scientific forces that have lead up to each turning point, and how those shifts in turn have influenced further shifts in a seemingly never ending chain. They do so by present. "abortion: law and politics" according to Stephen Harlen. Good overview with a pro choice viewpoint of the ongoing contentious debate centered on Roe and its offspring. Behind the scenes discussion of the legal strategies and the personnel involved. Very readable account.. "Very informative and in a good chronological order to grasp where this hotly debated topic" according to Wendy Altman. Very informative and in a good chronological order to grasp where this hotly debated topic has been, and what lies ahead. The sentences were somewhat poorly constructed, running on in legal-speak that could have been easily modified for the average reader to comprehend. In the face of Judge Scalia's passing this past week, the vacancy creates an opportunity to seat a moderate judge as President Obama prepares to leave of