Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking Cases and Materials

Name: Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking Cases and Materials
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ISBN: 9780735550629

ISBN-10: 073555062X

ISBN-13: 9780735550629

Edition: 5th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Paul Brest, Sanford Levinson, Jack M. Balkin, Akhil Reed Amar, Reva B. Siegel

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This popular casebook is highly regarded for its ability to provide a solid introduction to the practical realities of constitutional decision-making by taking a distinctive historical approach. In its revised and updated Fifth Edition, PROCESSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL DECISIONMAKING is an invaluable tool for teaching students the origins and development of constitutional doctrine.Proven effective through years of successful classroom use, the casebook:traces the historical, political, and social development of constitutional law, then considers constitutional questions in a broad historical contextpresents cutting-edge contributions from important contemporary legal scholarsdiscusses seminal…

Book details

List price: $225.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date: 5/17/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1856
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 2.75" tall
Weight: 5.676
Language: English

Jack M. Balkin is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School, where he is also director of the Information Society Project. He lectures widely at universities in America and abroad, and he makes his home in New Haven, Connecticut.




Introduction


The Bank of the United States: A Case Study


The Marshall Court


The Taney Court and the Civil War: 1835-1865


From Reconstruction to the New Deal: 1866-1934



Constitutional Adjudication in the Modern World


Economic Regulation, Federalism, and Separation of Powers in the Modern Era


The Burdens of History: The Constitutional Treatment of Race


Sex Equality


Implied Fundamental Rights: The Constitution, the Family, and the Body


The Constitution in the Modern Welfare State