America's Lone Star Constitution: How Supreme Court Cases from Texas Shape the Nation
Lucas A. Powe Jr.
Abstract
Texas has created more constitutional law than any other state. In any classroom nationwide, any basic constitutional law course can be taught using nothing but Texas cases. That, however, understates the history and politics behind the cases. Beyond representing all doctrinal areas of constitutional law, Texas cases deal with the major issues of the nation. This book charts the rich and pervasive development of Texas-inspired constitutional law. From voting rights to railroad regulations, school finance to capital punishment, poverty to civil liberty, this book provides a window into the rela ... More
Keywords: school finance, Texas, constitutional law, voting rights, railroad regulations, capital punishment, poverty, civil liberty, constitutional litigation, Texas Supreme Court
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 | Print ISBN-13: 9780520297807 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: September 2018 | DOI:10.1525/california/9780520297807.001.0001 |
