A reliable guide to constitutional law. Expert authors summarize judicial review and its limits; national legislative powers; state power in American federalism; Congress and the executive power; due process of law; equal protection; freedom of expression and religion; state action; and congressional legislation in civil rights and liberties.
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Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent supplement!,
By "kelleys1299" (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Constitutional Law in a Nutshell (4th Ed) (Nutshell Series) (Paperback)
I used this book as a supplement in a Constitutional Law course while in law school. I found that it set forth, in very plain terms, what were relatively complex issues to get a hold of. This book helped me get an 'A' in that course and made the lectures more meaningful by giving me an additional layer of context in which to put the class discussions. I highly recommend this book for any law school student.
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This review is from: Constitution Law in a Nutshell (Paperback)
The Nutshell Series is great for law students who want a refresher in the days before a final. The Con Law book is no exception. These books sum up all of the main points in an easy read that's broken out by subject so you can easily skip sections you didn't cover in class. However, unlike others in the series, I feel this one actually provides a pretty clear picture of Con Law even if you haven't taken the course yet. Usually I recommend you wait until the end of the semester to plow through these in a day or two, but this one may be worth buying before class starts to give you an understanding of the topic from the get-go.
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Good Summary of Con Law,
This review is from: Constitutional Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series) (Paperback)
This book was extremely useful to me, because it boiled down complicated areas of law, such as justiciability, the commerce clause, and state action. It helped me to get a high grade in Con Law. Even though I am done with the class, I am still using the book as a reference for seminar papers that I am writing. I recommend it.
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
affectation doctrine, new equal protection, strict scrutiny standard, heightened scrutiny test, mootness doctrine, state action doctrine, heightened review, limited public forum, equal protection review, traditional public forum, federal commerce power, held violative, fundamental personal rights, present danger doctrine, overbreadth doctrine, rational basis standard, rationality review, generalized grievance, danger test, due process liberty, rationality test, hoc balancing, foreign arena, advancing religion, viewpoint discrimination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Fourteenth Amendment, New York, Establishment Clause, Justice Scalia, Justice O'Connor, Justice Stevens, Justice Brennan, Chief Justice Rehnquist, Central Hudson, Vice President, Justice Kennedy, Bill of Rights, Justice Powell, Justice Blackmun, Justice White, Justice Breyer, Chief Justice Burger, Justice Souter, Justice Thomas, Justice Douglas, Justice Harlan, Voting Rights Act, New Jersey, Thirteenth Amendment New!
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
affectation doctrine, new equal protection, strict scrutiny standard, heightened scrutiny test, mootness doctrine, state action doctrine, heightened review, limited public forum, equal protection review, traditional public forum, federal commerce power, held violative, fundamental personal rights, present danger doctrine, overbreadth doctrine, rational basis standard, rationality review, generalized grievance, danger test, due process liberty, rationality test, hoc balancing, foreign arena, advancing religion, viewpoint discrimination Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Fourteenth Amendment, New York, Establishment Clause, Justice Scalia, Justice O'Connor, Justice Stevens, Justice Brennan, Chief Justice Rehnquist, Central Hudson, Vice President, Justice Kennedy, Bill of Rights, Justice Powell, Justice Blackmun, Justice White, Justice Breyer, Chief Justice Burger, Justice Souter, Justice Thomas, Justice Douglas, Justice Harlan, Voting Rights Act, New Jersey, Thirteenth Amendment New!
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