Michael J. Perry Books
The Constitution in the courts
The modern period of American constitutional law - the period since the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racially segregated public schooling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - has brought persiste...
Read MoreReligion in politics
In this book, Michael Perry addresses several fundamental questions about the proper role of religion in the politics of a liberal democracy, which is a central, recurring issue in the politics of...
Read MoreThe Idea of Human Rights
Inspired by a 1988 trip to El Salvador, Michael J. Perry's new book is a personal and scholarly exploration of the idea of human rights. Perry is one of our nation's leading authorities on the rela...
Read MoreWe the people
"Is the Supreme Court usurping American politics? In this book eminent legal scholar Michael J. Perry addresses this grave question, specifically inquiring into which of several major constitutiona...
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