Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course - Tapa blanda

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Winner of the APSA Law and Courts Section’s Teaching and Mentoring Award!

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.

Biografía del autor

Lee Epstein is Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Science Foundation for her work on law and legal institutions, Epstein has authored or co-authored over 100 articles and essays, as well as 15 books, including The Choices Justices Make (co-authored with Jack Knight), which won the Pritchett Award for the Best Book on Law and Courts and the Lasting Contribution Award for making a “lasting impression on the field of law and courts.” The Constitutional Law for a Changing America series (co-authored with Thomas G. Walker) received the Teaching and Mentoring Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. Her most recent books are The Behavior of Federal Judges, with William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner, and An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research, with Andrew D. Martin.