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1976

Law and Politics

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Continuity And Change In American Constitutional Development And Public Policy: 1964-1976, Donald P. Kommers, Kevin C. Gallagher Jan 1976

Continuity And Change In American Constitutional Development And Public Policy: 1964-1976, Donald P. Kommers, Kevin C. Gallagher

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From the Introduction:

"This report adheres as much as possible to the form and structure of the first two surveys. Thus, we begin this report with an overview of recent presidential elections and a discussion of the American electoral process. The article then moves on to a treatment of changes in federal-state relations, government organization, the distribution of power among the branches and levels of government, and constitutional law as judicially defined. Unlike the previous reports, however, we have devoted nearly half of this survey to recent public policy in the area of civil rights. This extensive treatment of civil …