Arguing that minority rights were vitally important to the founding fathers, H. N. Hirsch presents an original and provocative look at issues such as affirmative action, abortion, and the rights of children, lesbians and gay men, mental patients, and the physically disabled. In an analysis which blends history, philosophy, law, and social science, Hirsch attacks both liberals who hide from history and conservatives who push for "original intent." He exposes the errors and hypocrisy of the current Supreme Court majority and argues that the Constitution's liberty can and should be interpreted to protect the rights of minority groups.
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H. N. Hirsch is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.
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- Tribe's American Constitutional Law, 3D (University Textbook Series) by Laurence H. Tribe on 12 pages
- Constitutional Law (University Casebook Series) by Kathleen M. Sullivan on 8 pages
- Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald Dworkin on 8 pages
- Equality Under the Constitution by Judith A. Baer on 7 pages
- The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) by Alexander Hamilton on 6 pages
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- AIDS and the Sexuality of Law: Ironic Jurisprudence by Joe Rollins on 4 pages
- The Future of Gay Rights in America by H.N. Hirsch in Front Matter, page 260, and page 262
- Real Choices: Feminism, Freedom, and the Limits of Law by Beth Kiyoko Jamieson on page 132, page 145, and Back Matter
- Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America (Race and American Culture) by Saidiya V. Hartman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Supreme Court and Constitutional Theory, 1953-1993 by Ronald Kahn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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