Constitutional Law For A Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints, 6th Edition - Softcover

Epstein L; Walker T

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933116811 ISBN 13: 9781933116815

Publisher: CQ Press, 2007

Synopsis

Should a president be immune from civil lawsuits? Can the federal government force local governments to enforce the Brady bill gun control law? This text analyzes the institutional authority of government as it is interpreted in important Court decisions, including nation-state relations and economic liberties.

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About the Author:

Lee Epstein is the Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. She received her Ph.D. from Emory University. She is coauthor of The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty (1992) with Joseph Kobylka; Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointments (2005) with Jeffrey A. Segal; The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, 4th ed. (2007) with Segal, Harold J. Spaeth, and Thomas G. Walker; and The Choices Justices Make (1998) with Jack Knight, which won the C. Herman Pritchett Award for the best book on law and courts. In addition, she is coauthor, with Walter F. Murphy and C. Herman Pritchett of Courts, Judges and Politics, 6th ed. (2006).

Thomas G. Walker is Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University where he has won several teaching awards for his courses on constitutional law and the judicial process. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. His book, A Court Divided, written with Deborah J. Barrow, won the prestigious V.O. Key Award for the best book on southern politics. He is the coauthor of The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, 4th ed. (2007) with Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Harold J. Spaeth.

Review:

A new edition of Institutional Powers and Constraints is welcome news indeed! This deftly edited, reader-friendly casebook is ideal for both students and instructors. --- Judith Baer, Texas A&M University

Institutional Powers and Constraints is a very strong text, which is why I've always come back to it. I used the first edition! You arguably have the two best scholars in the field, but the text's strength goes beyond its authors credentials: the book simply combines the politics of the judiciary with the legal approach that courts must take in dealing with legal argumentation. --- Gregory Casey, University of Missouri

This is the best book available for undergraduate constitutional law classes. It addresses all critical issues through cases and commentary, and I appreciate greatly and use the online case archive. I look forward to using the seventh edition in my class. - --Richard A. Brisbin Jr., West Virginia University

Institutional Powers and Constraints is a very strong text, which is why I've always come back to it. I used the first edition! You arguably have the two best scholars in the field, but the text's strength goes beyond its authors credentials: the book simply combines the politics of the judiciary with the legal approach that courts must take in dealing with legal argumentation. --- Gregory Casey, University of Missouri

This is the best book available for undergraduate constitutional law classes. It addresses all critical issues through cases and commentary, and I appreciate greatly and use the online case archive. I look forward to using the seventh edition in my class. --- Richard A. Brisbin Jr., West Virginia University

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1933116811
• ISBN 13: 9781933116815
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 684