Constitutional Law, 17th (University Casebooks) (University Casebook Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1599417529 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1395 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Mediocre Textbook" according to Robin Waltz. Honestly, I really wanted to like this book because I am a big fan of Kathleen Sullivan, but this is not a great textbook. I am a second-year law student, so this book might work better for someone in an undergraduate course or someone reading Constitutional Law for fun.Pros:Good selection of cases to achieve the finer points of Constitutional LawMostly useful notes after casesCons:There are many typos in the casebook, and some weird citations. The formatting is generally poor, and I think they should have waited or had more copyediting done with this text.The notes section, though helpful as stated earlier, is often incredibl. Ouffie said The Fluidity Of Our Constitution. Because citizens file new cases involving judicial interpretation of Constitutional Law, the author turns out annual supplements to her original "Constitutional Law" textbook annually. I highly recommend to all readers that once you acquire her original "Constitutional Law" textbook, you also acquire these annual supplemental textbooks to keep current on how our Federal Judiciary continues to 'interpret' our Constitution.Her intent is to illustrate how Constitutional Law is ever evolving ~ and at the same time, she takes the latest annual newly released case precedence back to the intent of our Founding Fathers by linking thes. matthew ryan said Didn't like this book. I may be biased on this review because my professor did not have us use the book the way most do. He picked it purposely because it has the most cases in it. We just skipped around and read cases and our final was listing case names. This thing makes a good paper weight though
Highlights of the 17th edition include updates on extensive coverage of the War on Terror (executive discretion on latest Guantanomo case in Chapter 6; update on decisions involving congressional civil rights enforcement power; the latest First Amendment cases involving fleeting expletives and religious monuments in public parks; updates on campaign finance (plus look at ;millionaire exception); voter identification requirements; and the right to bear arms (Second Amendment) individual right (Heller).. The Seventeenth Edition provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of constitutional law, including judicial review, separation of powers, federalism, due process, equal protection, free speech, and religious liberty. It emphasizes constitutional law as a species of law, and aims to enable students who use it to practice constitutional law as lawyers. The 17th edition thoroughly revises, updat