NCJ Number
40793
Date Published
1975
Length
163 pages
Annotation
THIS POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF LECTURES AND ARTICLES BY YALE LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR ALEXANDER BICKEL COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND HISTORICAL TOPICS.
Abstract
PROFESSOR BICKEL ANALYZES CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, TRACING THE EVOLUTION TO COLONIAL TIMES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEFINITIONS OF CITIZENSHIP IS ANALYZED IN A CASE-BY-CASE EXAMINATION, FROM THE DRED SCOTT DECISION TO THE PRESENT. BICKEL, WHO WAS CHIEF COUNSEL FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES IN THE PENTAGON PAPERS CASE, ALSO DISCUSSES THE SUPREME COURT'S INTERPRETATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, AND THE MORAL AUTHORITY OF THE LAW ARE ALSO EXPLORED. A COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF ALEXANDER BICKEL IS INCLUDED....MSP