American Constitutional Law, Volume I by G Alan Tarr

American Constitutional Law, Volume I by G Alan Tarr

American Constitutional Law, Volume I provides a comprehensive account of the nation's defining document, examining how its provisions were originally understood by those who drafted and ratified it, and how they have since been interpreted by the Supreme Court, Congress, the President, lower federal courts, and state judiciaries. Clear and accessible chapter introductions and a careful balance between classic and recent cases provide students with a sense of how the law has been understood and construed over the years.The Tenth Edition has been fully revised to include seven new cases, including key decisions National labour Relations Board v. Noel Canning , Zivotofsky v. Kerry , Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl , Horne v. Department of Agriculture and Comptroller of the Treasure of Maryland v. Wynne .A revamped and expanded companion website offers access to even more additional cases, an archive of primary documents, and links to online resources, making this text essential for any constitutional law course.

"This casebook is ideal for undergraduate classes in constitutional lawThe case selection thoughtfully balances the old and new; the editing of cases is done with precision and care. The editors' introductory essays are models of clarity, organization, and focus on the crucial problems of constitutional interpretation. The essays are attentive to doctrinal details without losing sight of the Constitution as a whole. The supporting website provides a rich source of recent and earlier decisions that provide flexibility for instructors. Rossum and Tarr's American Constitutional Law is, in sum, the class of its class." --G. Roger McDonald, John Jay College of Criminal Justice "These volumes are a sound, balanced introduction into the study of Constitutional Law. The abridged cases are substantive but still accessible to the average undergraduate student and provide a solid basis for gaining a foothold in the discipline and for generating vigorous discussion and debate on the case law." --Darren Patrick Guerra, Biola University "Rossum and Tarr have created an excellent set of volumes for teaching constitutional law to undergraduates. Their approach is both scholarly and highly accessible. It is also organized in a way that gives instructors the flexibility to formulate their own approach to teaching constitutional law." --Michael Zarkin, Westminster College

Ralph A. Rossum is Salvatori Professor of American Constitutionalism at Claremont McKenna College. He has written or co-written eight books, including his most recent, Understanding Clarence Thomas: The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Restoration (Univ. of Kansas Press, 2013). He has served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Deputy Director of its Bureau of Justice Statistics and as a board member of its National Institute of Corrections.G. Alan Tarr is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and director of the centre for State Constitutional Studies, Rutgers University, Camden. He is author of twelve books, including Without Fear or favour: Judicial Independence and Judicial Accountability in the American States (Stanford University Press) and Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking, Sixth Edition (Cengage). He has served as a constitutional consultant in Brazil, Burma, Cyprus, Russia, and South Africa. Three times an NEH Fellow, he is currently editor of a fifty-volume reference series on state constitutions.

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ISBN 13	9780813349961
ISBN 10	0813349966
Title	American Constitutional Law, Volume I
Author	G Alan Tarr
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published	2016-08-02
Number of pages	640
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