Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints
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Drawing on both political science and legal studies, Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints, Eighth Edition by Lee Epstein and Thomas G. Walker helps students realize that Supreme Court cases are more than just legal names and citations. As always, Epstein and Walker account for the most recent Supreme Court cases and the latest scholarship on the justices and their decisions. With meticulous updating throughout, the authors include reworked and revised discussion on the methods of constitutional interpretation, jurisdiction stripping and standing, theories of presidential power, the separation-of-powers doctrine, cases related to the war on terrorism, federal preemption of state laws, and new developments in the interpretation of the commerce, taxing, and spending powers. In preparing this edition, Epstein and Walker reorganized chapters, sharpened the editing of case excerpts, and added supplementary material--all with the goal of enhancing student understanding of constitutional law and the judicial process.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1452226768
ISBN13:9781452226767
Release Date:February 2013
Publisher:CQ Press
Length:784 Pages
Weight:2.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"
Customer Reviews
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Made me Like Constitutional Law!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Constitutional Law for a Changing America is the perfect textbook for Con. Law courses because on one hand it's basic enough that people like myself who do not have a deep rooted background in law can understand it, but not so basic that it bores people who have lengthy backgrounds and intrests in law to tears. The case excerpts are brief as not to tie students down in wordy verbage, but are excerpted in such a way that one gets the most important points of the cases. With the right professor, who can explain to students that a case like Korematsu v. United States for example, is not about the plight of one man during WW2, but rather concearns what governmental and military leaders can do during conditions of war, which effects our daily lives...Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraintsis a must have book.
needed for school
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I received this book in excellent condition. I needed it for an online course I'm taking. The delivery was timely and again the book was in excellent condition.
great book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
The text covers const. law powers extensively, featuring integral cases relevant to topics being discussed - fantastic!
A great overview of the most important cases in Constitutional law
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I had a Constitutional Law class while an undergraduate which relied very heavily on this book, and I could not be more satisfied. While I was a chemistry major, I really enjoyed this book because it had the actual written opinions (or significant excerpts thereof) of the most important and precedent-making cases in a variety of topics of Constitutional Law. Having those opinions ready available was great, and the analysis that followed was also quite helpful to get at some of the cases with denser reasoning. Anyway, whether for class or pleasure, a great read and highly recommended.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
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