Constitutional Law (American Casebooks) Book

Casebooks are teaching tools, and this is no exception. The hallmark of this book since its original edition is its commitment to the proposition that a student's understanding of constitutional law is greatly enriched by exposure to diverse perspectives drawn fromithe best of legal scholarship. To that end, We have reproduced many selections from the literature or woven them into notes and questions that follow almost every main case. Overall, the book furnishes the resources to teach a broadly intellectual (as well as doctrinal) Constitutional Law course, but seeks to do so without imposing a comprehensive framework that teachers must either adopt or "teach against."In the five years since the eighth edition of this book was published, many significant~decisions have been handed down and a wealth of scholarly commentary has been generated. Accordingly this new edition represents a complete revision and a fresh re-evaluation, for purposes of re-editing and re-organizing, of all existing materials. It also constitutes the product of an extensive examination of the recent literature - in an effort to further enrich the notes, comments and questions. We are especially pleased that the task has been accomplished in a book that is even a few pages shorter than its predecessor.Read More