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Author Pallitto, Robert M., 1964- author

Title In the shadow of the great charter : common law constitutionalism and the Magna Carta / Robert M. Pallitto
Published Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

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Description x, 234 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction -- Early theoretical foundations : the common law mind -- The slavery question -- Federal common law, legal realism, and the Magna Carta tradition : constitutional interpretation in the early twentieth century -- The Warren court, civil rights, and the incorporation controversy -- The Rehnquist court and habeas corpus retrenchment -- The war on terror -- Conclusion
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
SUBJECT Magna Carta. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50064742
Subject Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Law -- United States -- English influences.
LC no. 2014045940
ISBN 0700620915
9780700620913