Böcker av Milton Konvitz

Traces the development of fundamental rights from the early days of American jurisprudence through twentieth-century cases involving the right to privacy, racial discrimination, voting rights, censorship, and abortion laws. This work argues that values, rights, liberties, and privileges need to be placed in a hierarchical order.

Of the American Bill of Rights, perhaps the forty-five words that comprise the First Amendment-allowing freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly, and the guaranty of the writ of habeas corpus-are the most precious

The nine American Jews of whom Milton Konvitz writes are philosophers, jurists, or rabbis, widely known and readily accepted as American Jewish thinkers

Democracy is a fine political system, but an expensive economic venture

One of the most important modern developments in American constitutional law has been the extension of the Bill of Rights to the states

Democracy is a fine political system, but an expensive economic venture. Issues connected with political finance are significant but often neglected aspects of the process of democratization. This work examines how money and politics interact in democracies. It is intended for political scientists and specialists.