Constitutional Values: Governmental Powers and Individual Freedoms - Couverture rigide

Hall J.D. Ed.D., Daniel E.; Feldmeier, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0131717693 ISBN 13 : 9780131717695

Editeur : Pearson, 2008

Synopsis

This text is appropriate for courses in Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties.  

 

Flexible in design, this book offers comprehensive coverage of two traditional constitutional law subjects: governmental powers and civil liberties.  It strives to balance historically significant cases with contemporary problems and includes excerpts of significant cases within the text. Written in a style designed for undergraduates, legal terms are defined in a running glossary and applications assignments appear at the end of each chapter. A special feature, Your Constitutional Values, helps make students aware that constitutional law occurs at all levels, branches and areas of the government–not just the U.S. Supreme Court.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A native of Indiana, Daniel E. Hall is Dean of the Hamilton Campus and Professor of Political Science at Miami University. He was formerly chairperson of the Department of Criminal Justice at The University of Toledo and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida. He has also held adjunct faculty positions at the Barry University School of Law and the University of Evansville.  He earned his B.S. at Indiana University, J.D. at Washburn University, and Ed.D. at the University of Central Florida. In addition to experience as a defense attorney in the United States and assistant attorney general of the Federated States of Micronesia, he has thirteen years of experience teaching criminal law and procedure in higher education. He has authored a dozen journal articles and another dozen books, all on public law subjects.  Daniel has been married to Stacey Lynn Hall since 1991.  They live in Ross, Ohio with their daughters, Grace Kathryn and Eva Joan, and their golden retriever Atticus.

 

John P. Feldmeier earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Ohio Dominican College, J.D. from Capital University Law School, and M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Miami University.  Before joining the academy, Dr. Feldmeier practiced law in Ohio, handling several cases involving important constitutional law issues, one that reached the United States Supreme Court.  Dr. Feldmeier has several articles published on constitutional law subjects in law reviews and political science journals.  He is currently associate professor of political science at Wright State University.  John currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, Melissa, and their two children, Emma and Jack.

 

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Although easy to dismiss as abstract and disconnected from daily life, the Constitution is in reality a vital, living document that has enormous impact on the lives of every individual in the United States.  The legal questions that have resulted from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and against terrorism are reminders that the important principles of fundamental law that were expressed by the founders over two hundred years ago continue to provide the framework of governmental authority and individual liberties. 

 

This book includes the following features:

 

Ø      A discussion of both historically significant cases and contemporary problems, such as those arising from the Patriot Act, recent attempts to control child pornography, and the perennial and thorny federal/state and presidential/congressional tug-of-wars

Ø      A writing style that challenges, but does not overwhelm, undergraduate students

Ø      Comprehensive coverage of the two traditional constitutional law subjects, governmental powers and civil liberties, with the option of splitting them without loss of content or pedagogy

Ø      Excerpts of significant cases reinforce the content and to teach critical thinking and analytical skills

Ø      A feature entitled “Your Constitutional Values” that in most instances uses a local case to illustrate that constitutional problems exist in daily lives

Ø      Review questions and critical thinking and applications assignments follow each chapter

Ø      A glossary of legal terms

Ø      Appendices include the Constitution of the United States, selected statutes, selected Federalist Papers, and a description of how to conduct constitutional research

 

 

Go to www.prenhall.com/hall for additional resources.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0131717693
• ISBN 13: 9780131717695
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie