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

Epstein, Lee; Walker, Thomas G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 160871697X ISBN 13 : 9781608716975

Editeur : CQ Press, 2011

Synopsis

Because political factors influence judicial decisions, Constitutional Law for a Changing America draws on political science as well as legal studies to excerpt and analyze cases. With meticulous revising and a sharp new interior design, the authors streamline material while accounting for recent landmark cases and new scholarship.

Ideal for a one semester course, the Short Course offers all of the hallmarks of the Rights and Powers volumes in a more condensed format.

Updates to the fifth edition include:

- expanded treatment of both legal and social-scientific approaches to the Court′s decision-making;

- a new section on student rights with an excerpt from Morse v. Frederick;

increased coverage of hateful and offensive speech with an excerpt from Snyder v. Phelps;

- a new section on voter identification with an excerpt from Crawford v. Marion County Election Board;

- updated discussion of campaign reform legislation with an excerpt from the controversial Citizens United v. FEC decision.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Lee Epstein (PhD, Emory University) is the University Professor of Law & Political Science and the Hilliard Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Science Foundation, Epstein has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles and essays and 18 books. She is currently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour. Professor Epstein’s empirical research is frequently cited in the New York Times, among other news media.

Thomas G. Walker (PhD, University of Kentucky) is the Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he won several teaching awards for his courses on constitutional law and the judicial process. 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 author of Eligible for Execution and coauthor of The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, 7th Edition, with Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Harold J. Spaeth.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CQ Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 160871697X
• ISBN 13: 9781608716975
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 800
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible