Constitutional Rights: Myths and Realities, 1st ed., Smith, Christopher.
A bit of context as provided by myself by including an excerpt from Chapter One, quote: [emphasis is mine]
The conventional wisdoms employed by Smith serve to show how common opinions concerning rights differ from the reality.
Knowing that our
rights are not necessarily violated during a police search, that
civil issues do not always constitute constitutionally protected rights, and that the
judiciary is not a beacon of objective truth and impartiality are all lessons that ultimately enlighten us to our protections in the United States.
The conclusion to be garnered from this chapter is that, just as portrayed by Hohfeld's legal relationships,
the concept of 'right' is not as straighforward as we would like to believe. Furthermore, practice often differs from the ideal,
as rights are not all protected to the extent to which we believe.
Unquote..
Chapter One's nuances further discussed here:
CRJ 450R Presentation 1
prezi.com
i truly believe I shall enjoy reading this tome to sharpen my constitutional knowledge as i analyze this auther's perceptions to the actual contextual and historical founding father's meaning of the original document as written!