Learning Constitutional Law: Powers, Structure, and the Fourteenth Amendment (Learning Series) - Softcover

Alexander, Mark; Bilionis, Louis; Bryant, A.; McAffee, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798892094764

Publisher: West Academic Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Learning Constitutional Law: Powers, Structure, and the Fourteenth Amendment meets law students where they really are and bridges them to the places they are headed. True to its title, it is designed to help law students better pursue the task of learning constitutional law as they head into their professional careers.

This softcover book covers the subject matter typically addressed in a one-semester constitutional law course. For the convenience of students and professors, it omits chapters on the freedom of religion and freedom of expression that appear in a forthcoming larger hardcover edition, titled simply Learning Constitutional Law.

Focused first and foremost on student learning, Learning Constitutional Law anticipates the challenges students face when studying constitutional law. The canon is covered and leading cases appear in generous excerpts. But unlike many traditional constitutional law casebooks, Learning Constitutional Law does not present the material as pieces of a puzzle (often in the form of a sequence of cases) awaiting assembly into a coherent and accurate picture of the law later, presumably in class and through Socratic discussion. Students instead will find clear and concise treatise-like (more...)

Edition details

• Publisher: West Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798892094764
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 933