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Volume one of this textbook describes the development of judicial review by the Supreme Court, the constitutional sources of congressional and presidential power, the modern administrative state, and the boundaries between national and state functions. The fourth edition updates recent Supreme Court decisions stemming from the war on terrorism and new judges. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, Volumes I and II, combines cases, decisions, and authorial commentary to maximize your learning and understanding in this course. These comprehensive volumes cover the entire range of topics in constitutional law. Each of the chapters includes an extended essay providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural contexts for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court case that follows. In selecting, editing, and updating the materials, the authors emphasize recent trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation. At the same time, the authors include many landmark decisions, some of which retain importance as precedents while others illustrate the transient nature of constitutional interpretation. Because the book provides a good balance of decisions and authorial commentary, this text appeals to instructors of law as well as instructors of political science.
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