Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course - Couverture souple

Epstein, Lee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1568028903 ISBN 13 : 9781568028903

Editeur : CQ Press, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Epstein Lee

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Lee Epstein is the Beatrice Kuhn Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. She received her Ph.D. from Emory University. She is coauthor of The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty (1992) with Joseph Kobylka; Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointments (2005) with Jeffrey A. Segal; The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, 4th ed. (2007) with Segal, Harold J. Spaeth, and Thomas G. Walker; and The Choices Justices Make (1998) with Jack Knight, which won the C. Herman Pritchett Award for the best book on law and courts. In addition, she is coauthor, with Walter F. Murphy and C. Herman Pritchett of Courts, Judges and Politics, 6th ed. (2006). Thomas G. Walker is Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University where he has won several teaching awards for his courses on constitutional law and the judicial process. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. His book, A Court Divided, written with Deborah J. Barrow, won the prestigious V.O. Key Award for the best book on southern politics. He is the coauthor of The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, 4th ed. (2007) with Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Harold J. Spaeth.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Meeting the needs of professors who teach one-term courses or for those teaching two terms who wish to assign other readings this condensed and concise one-volume text spans the breadth of institutional powers and civil rights and liberties. Epstein and Walker emphasize political context arguments and input from lawyers and interest groups, justices ideological and behavioral inclinations, elected officials partisan positions, as well as public opinion allowing students to see the development of constitutional doctrine within its decidedly political environment. For this new fourth edition, material has been thoroughly updated through the end of the 2007 2008 term of the Supreme Court, with coverage and analysis of presidential signing statements, a survey of how legal principles affect the Court s decision making, and detailed overviews of recent cases, such as Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Gonzales v. Raich, Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, Kelo v. City of New London, and Van Orden v. Perry. Additionally, Epstein and Walker are including a brand new, concise chapter on the Second Amendment with the recent District of Columbia v. Heller case. Commentary helps students understand context of particular cases, while Aftermath boxes and profiles of influential groups and justices, photographs of litigants, and exhibits from cases enliven the text and enhance learning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CQ Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1568028903
• ISBN 13: 9781568028903
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 765
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible