{"product_id":"9781454892885","title":"Constitutional Law: Cases in Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis innovative casebook breaks course content up into teachable “class-sized” chunks and replaces the typical dense note material found in other casebooks with more of the classic cases presented at greater length with background readings from varied sources. Emphasizing the evolution of constitutional law from the Founding to today, \u003cb\u003eConstitutional Law: Cases in Context\u003c\/b\u003e, employs a transparent and straightforward organization that is not only easy for students to grasp, but easy for professors to tailor and rearrange to suit various teaching preferences.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis unique casebook is designed to be user-friendly for teacher and student alike: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• \u003cb\u003eprimary emphasis is placed on how Constitutional Law has developed rather than on doctrinal details\u003c\/b\u003e, providing an \u003cb\u003eaccessible and engaging way\u003c\/b\u003e to consider first principles and method, especially for those students without a basic familiarity with constitutional history\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cb\u003eto convey the context in which they were decided, the landmark “classic cases”\u003c\/b\u003e that provide the basic vocabulary of Constitutional Law are \u003cb\u003e presented chronologically, rather than doctrine-by-doctrine to encourage students on their own to discern and begin to internalize\u003c\/b\u003e the significance of each key court decision\u003cbr\u003e• presenting an overall constitutional narrative is more efficient and less confusing than separately tracing the history of each doctrine, while allowing ample time to cover contemporary issues.\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cb\u003eboth classic and modern cases are generously edited to allow the Justices themselves, rather than the casebook editor, to debate the development of constitutional law in their own words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cb\u003ecases, especially the early ones, are judiciously supplemented\u003c\/b\u003e with other materials to provide further context that draws students into the subject. \u003cb\u003eRival interpretations of the Constitution by founders, Presidents, and other critics\u003c\/b\u003e of the Court’s decisions are better represented here than in many other \u003cb\u003ecasebooks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cb\u003e\"Study Guide Questions\" before each case help students focus attention\u003c\/b\u003e on salient issues\u003cbr\u003e• at 1,408 pages, with textual introductions that are brief and factual and with fewer dense note materials, this casebook is \u003cb\u003emore transparent\u003c\/b\u003e for professor and student alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplementing the casebook:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• an \u003cb\u003eannual supplement\u003c\/b\u003e for the casebook, \u003cb\u003eRecent Developments in Constitutional Law, will replace cases that occur later in the materials leaving the early parts of the course more stable from year to year and from future edition to edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cb\u003ean in-depth Teacher’s Manual\u003c\/b\u003e, explaining how to use the book in various common course configurations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel but remarkably comfortable casebook offers an accessible and engaging way to teach and learn Constitutional Law. If you are looking for a shorter Constitutional Law casebook with fewer dense notes, be sure to examine \u003cb\u003e Constitutional Law: Cases in Context\u003c\/b\u003e before you teach your next course.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolters Kluwer Legal \u0026 Regulatory U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043412033776,"sku":"9781454892885","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781454892885_p0.jpg?v=1763851632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781454892885","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}