How Free Are We?: What the Constitution Says We Can Do and Cannot Do
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Description
How Free Are We? tackles the complex issue of how the Constitution affects our everyday lives from the bedroom to the workplace to the voting booth. Steering clear of the legal language of the document itself, this book uses a lively question-and-answer format to address such issues as the right to die, environmental law, the rights of minors, religious freedom, the rights of homosexuals, and the evolving rights of citizens vis-à-vis the police and the courts. Each of the more than 125 entries contains both the historical background and the contemporary status of constitutional law. As a result, the book dramatizes the fact that the Constitution is a living, breathing document constantly subject to interpretation and change. Chapters include: The Making and Amending of the Constitution, Congress, The Presidency, The Supreme Court, The States, The Right to Vote, Religion, Freedom of Expression, Individual Rights, Equality, Criminal Justice, The Schools, The Workplace and The Military.
Publication Date
1986
Recommended Citation
Sexton, John E. and Brandt, Nat, "How Free Are We?: What the Constitution Says We Can Do and Cannot Do" (1986). Faculty Books & Edited Works. 637.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/637
