Constitutional Law (Law School Casebook Series) - Softcover

Geoffrey-r-stone-g-stone; Louis M. Seidman; Cass R. Sunstein; Mark V. Tushnet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316817910 ISBN 13: 9780316817912

Publisher: Little Brown & Co Law & Business, 1996

Synopsis

 

Adhering to the multi-disciplinary and scholarly approach of its predecessors, the eighth edition of Constitutional Law guides students through all facets of constitutional law. Constitutional Law explores traditional constitutional doctrine through the lens of varying critical and social perspectives informed by political theory, philosophy, sociology, ethics, history, and economics. This comprehensive approach paired with carefully edited cases provides instructors with rich material for classroom discussion. Logically organized for a two-semester course, the first part of Constitutional Law tackles issues concerning separation of powers and federalism while the second part addresses all facets of individual rights and liberties. Constitutional Law also provides thoughtfully selected content on the First Amendment to give students a well-rounded understanding of religion and free speech issues.

Key Features:

• The text’s attention to policy, including discussion of competing critical and social perspectives.
• A multi-disciplinary approach that draws on political theory, philosophy, sociology, ethics, history, and economics.
• Thoughtful editing, including both lightly and more tightly-edited cases that balances close textual analysis with comprehensive converge of important opinions and pivotal cases.
• Streamlined treatment of First Amendment law, so that it efficiently provides the necessary fundamentals in free speech and religious liberties jurisprudence.

About this title

About the Author:

Chris Stone (cjstone@mac.com) is a Senior Systems Administrator (the Mac guy) at O'Reilly Media, Inc. and coauthor of Mac OS X in a Nutshell. He's written several Mac OS X related articles for the O'Reilly MacDevCenter, and contributed to Mac OS X: The Missing Manual from Pogue Press. Chris lives in Petaluma, California with his wife, Miho, and two sons, Andrew and Jonathan.

Chris Seidman serves as the Lead Minister for The Branch, a multi-site church (membership of 2000+) in Dallas, Texas. His wife his Tara and they are the parents of three boys Skyler (12), Garrison (11), and Cooper (7). He has been with The Branch since January of 2001.

In addition to The Branch, he has also preached for the Gateway Church of Christ in Pensacola, Florida; as associate preaching minister for The Hills Church of Christ; and as campus minister for the Southern Hills Church of Christ in Abilene, Texas.

Review:

"Max Mintz, in sparkling prose, reminds us that war on the frontier of Revolutionary America was vitally important and that the Iroquois side of the story demands further investigation."-Don Higginbotham, University of North Carolina

"Packed with juicy nuggets of detail and clearly the result of prodigious research in primary sources."-"William and Mary Quarterly",

"Mintz's extensive knowledge of Revolutionary War figures and his gift to make them live illuminates descriptions of Gen. John Sullivan, Mohawk Joseph Brant, and others."-"Library Journal",

"In an unsparing and meticulously researched narrative, Mintz confronts the hard facts of a seamy side of the Revolution, a warfare in which both sides aimed at desolation and succeeded."-Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University

"Max Mintz's fascinating account is packed with colorful details. A lively narrative that succinctly traces the twists and turns of the wilderness warfare that raged on the northwestern frontier of the Confederation. A wonderful, fast paced read about an important dimension of the revolutionary struggle that has finally received the attention it deserves."-Richard Buel Jr., Wesleyan University

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co Law & Business
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0316817910
• ISBN 13: 9780316817912
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1803