The Supreme Court in American Political History

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.02.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. The Birmingham Campaign
  3. The Three Opinions
  4. Student Activities
  5. Lesson Plans
  6. Bibliography

The Language of Justice

Daniel J. Addis

Published September 2006

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Bibliography

Burt, Robert. The Constitution in Conflict. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press, 1992.

An analysis of the power of the Supreme Court and the proper and improper use of the power in various decisions.

Himma, Kenneth Einar. "Natural Law." (2006). Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 15 May 14, 2006. http://www.iep.utm.edu/n/natlaw.htm>.

An explanation of natural law and the history of its understanding.

King, Martin Luther Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail." The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. 12 May 2006. http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/popular_requests/frequentdocs/birmingham.pdf >.

Text of "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

Lanham, Richard. Analyzing Prose. New York: Scribner, 1983.

An analysis of beautiful prose.

Lanham, Richard. A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.

List of rhetorical terms with their meaning.

Lokos, Lionel. House Divided. New York: Arlington House, 1968.

Friedman, Michael Jay. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Introduction. U.S. Department of State: International Information Programs. 16 February 2005. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/blackhis/king/kingletter.htm>.

Summary of the Birmingham campaign and an introduction to "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

Ling, Peter J. Martin Luther King, Jr. New York: Routledge, 2002.

An examination of King as a man and as leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

"The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics." 23 September 2002. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 14 May 2006. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-law-ethics/>.

An explanation of natural law and the history of its understanding.

Perelman, Chaim. The New Rhetoric: A Treatise on Argumentation. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1969.

A discussion of argumentative essays and their good aspects.

Walker Et Al.v. City of Birmingham, 388 U.S. 307, 329. 12 June 1967. 5 July 2006.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/WALKER.html>.

Texts of the opinions of the court and the three dissenting judges.

White, James Boyd. "Meaning What You Say." in Law in the Liberal Arts. Ed. Austin Sarat. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1004.

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