Reconstructing the Fourth Amendment: A History of Search and Seizure, 1789-1868

by Andrew E. Taslitz

Book Overview

The modern law of search and seizure permits warrantless searches that ruin the citizenry's trust in law enforcement, harms minorities, and embraces an individualistic notion of the rights that it protects, ignoring essential roles that properly-conceived protections of privacy, mobility, and property play in uniting Americans. Many believe the Fourth Amendment is a poor bulwark against state tyrannies, particularly during the War on Terror.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814783260
• ISBN13: 9780814783269
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"