This book for law students and practitioners is part of a two-volume set giving a foundation on the doctrines and methods of Constitutional law and Constitutional argument. The books are not law outlines, research treatises, nor casebooks; rather, they offer a problem-oriented guide through the principle doctrines of Constitutional law that are covered in a typical Constitutional law course. This volume covers the provisions of the Constitution that protect us against the government, offering a combination of cases, problems, and explanations. After an introduction to individual rights, chapters cover substantive due process, the takings clause, the contracts clause, procedural due process, equal protection, freedom of speech and the press, freedom of religion, and the right to keep and bear arms. Ides and May teach law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. Aspen Publishers is now Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less