American Constitutional Law - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312037201 ISBN 13: 9780312037208

Synopsis

AMERICAN CONSITITUTIONAL LAW provides a comprehensive account of the nation's defining document. Based on the premise that the study of the Constitution and constitutional law is of fundamental importance to understanding the principles, prospects, and problems of America, the text puts current events in terms of what those who initially drafted and ratified the Constitution sought to accomplish. Each volume examines the interpretations of a variety of sources, including the founding generation, the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and state judiciaries, and extrajudicial materials of constitutional significance (such as congressional acts and resolutions). Volume I focuses on federal rights and powers, and is appropriate for the first semester in the two-semester course sequence in Constitutional Law. Volume II focuses on individuals' rights and responsibilities and is appropriate for the second semester in the two-semester course sequence in Constitutional Law commonly called Civil Rights and Liberties.

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"The Rossum and Tarr text...has a critical dimension that is lacking in other constitutional law casebooks, which tend to applaud 'progressive' decisions without considering whether they are consistent with the political theory on which the constitution is based."

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 0312037201
• ISBN 13: 9780312037208
• Binding: Paperback