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Constitutional Law, Sixth Edition [Hardcover]

Geoffrey R. Stone (Author), Louis M. Seidman (Author), Cass R. Sunstein (Author), Pamela S. Karlan (Author), Mark V. Tushnet (Author)
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0735577196 978-0735577190 June 5, 2009 6 Har/Psc
Long among the leading casebooks in its field, Constitutional Law, Sixth Edition, offers a rich selection of critical and social perspectives on constitutional issues. With incisive analysis and a multi-disciplinary approach, this luminary author team offers a full and nuanced exploration of constitutional themes.

A contemporary view of constitutional law within a traditional doctrinal structure, Constitutional Law, Sixth Edition, features:

  • a range of critical and social perspectives
  • a multi-disciplinary approach that includes political theory, philosophy, sociology, ethics, history, and economics
  • a combination of lightly and more tightly edited cases that encourages close textual analysis while providing a range of important opinions and pivotal cases
  • brilliant text and note material that summarizes the state of the law and its development
  • a logical two-part organization:
    • balance of powers among the Supreme Court and local, state, and federal governments
    • the rights and powers of individuals
  • comprehensive coverage that is ideal for a two-semester course
  • annual supplementation in this annual supplement, the First Amendment materials are separated out to facilitate research
  • outstanding coverage of First Amendment law, now updated and revised to incorporate:
    • cases and materials on campaign finance regulation
    • sexual expression, child pornography, and commercial advertising

Along with streamlined note material, the Sixth Edition provides new, revised, and updated coverage that includes:

  • the Constitution and the war on terror
  • the Court's use of foreign law material
  • the law and politics of abortion
  • vote dilution, political gerrymandering, and requirements
  • treaties and federal power as tied to the Court's decision in Medellin v. Texas
  • Reconstruction Amendments in light of Nevada v. Hibbs and Tennessee v. Lane
  • substantially revised school desegregation materials, with Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
  • revised materials on sexual orientation
  • climate change and standing

Constitutional Law, Sixth Edition provides rich notes, text, and material that will deepen your students' understanding of constitutional issues far beyond doctrinal analysis alone.

LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP YOU IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW? TRY CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES 4E (9780735598973) AND EXAMPLES & EXPLANATIONS: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, NATIONAL POWER & FEDERALISM 5E (9780735588271) --TWO OF MANY GREAT STUDY GUIDES FROM WOLTERS KLUWER LAW & BUSINESS.


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  • Hardcover: 1776 pages
  • Publisher: Aspen Publishers; 6 Har/Psc edition (June 5, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735577196
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735577190
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 2.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The worst law school textbook, April 26, 2011
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This is a monumentally frustrating constitutional law casebook that barely addresses critical precedents but bogs the students down with 20 pages of point-counterpoint-countercounterpoint law review articles that simply breed contempt for the subject. I used to love constitutional law, and still do in a broad sense, but this textbook has made the study of an interesting discipline miserable. The organization is also maddening with a brief excerpt of the case and then an "expanded discussion" somewhere else in the assignment.

Also this book is 1700 pages long and bound like a cheap bestseller. Its binding is already starting to break down after one semester of use and the pages do not lie flat. The pages are so thin that any highlighting will just bleed right on through the page.

Professors, please do not adopt this book.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars If only 0 stars were an option, February 18, 2010
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This book sucks worse than anything that has ever sucked before. The notes sections are completely worthless (unless the goal was to take as much random useless crap and throw it all on one page) Too many important cases receive only marginal treatment in the notes section. They threw so much junk on the pages that they had to take it down to size 10 font for it all to fit, which makes reading an already dense subject excruciating. My advice: Get the chemerinsky principles and policies book and a casenote or legalines brief and read the cases you are assigned out of those two supplements.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars What is this?!, November 2, 2011
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I won't be saying anything that isn't already said, but I'm going to go ahead and slam this book for personal satisfaction.

I just "completed" my reading for class--which I have later today. By completed, I mean: I found the case that I am expected to read in the text, proceeded to Google it, then copy/pasted a brief onto Word. I then flipped to the notes after the case. This is where you get the understanding right? NO. I read the big bold letters in the notes...TRIED reading each note but ended up just saying "wtf, wtf, wtf...etc" while flipping through and trying to understand what I was seeing. Before I knew it, I had reached the end of the assigned reading, and know nothing.

After suffering because of Stone and friends' inability to compose a text book anyone could actually work with, I open my Con Law supplement by Erwin Chemerinsky and magically understand everything so I can follow along/participate in lecture.

It's not much use telling students not to buy it, since we pretty much are bound to buy the text assigned to the course (unless someone knows something I don't), but PROFESSORS-please do not use this book...it is an utter disgrace to case books. I hate it.
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