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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. Volume I examines the institutional aspects of constitutional law; Volume II deals with civil rights and liberties. Each of the chapters includes an introductory essay providing the legal, historical, political, and cultural context of Supreme Court jurisprudence in a particular area of constitutional interpretation. Each chapter also contains several boxed features (labeled "Case in Point" and "Sidebar") to provide additional perspective and context for the set of edited decisions from the United States Supreme Court cases that follow. In selecting, editing, and updating the materials, the authors emphasize recent trends in major areas of constitutional interpretation, as well as 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.
Contents
Volume 1 Table of Contents.PREFACE.Introduction.Historical Background.The Constitutional Convention.The Battle over Ratification.Key Features of the Constitution.The Enduring Constitution.Conclusion.Key Terms.For Further Reading.The Federalist No. 10.The Federalist No. 47.Introduction.The Courts: Crucibles of Constitutional Law. Access to Judicial Review. The Supreme Court's Decision Making Process. The Development of Judicial Review. Judicial Activism and Restraint. External Constraints on Judicial Power. Explaining the Court's Behavior. Conclusion. Key Terms. For Further Reading. The Federalist No. 78.Marbury v. Madison (1803). Eakin v. Raub (1825). Scott v. Sandford (1857). Ex parte McCardle (1869). Cooper v. Aaron (1958). Baker v. Carr (1962). Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004). Introduction.Structural Aspects of Congress.Constitutional Sources of Congressional Power.The Power to Investigate.Regulation of Interstate Commerce.Taxing and Spending Powers.Congressional Enforcement of Civil Rights and Liberties.Conclusion.Key Terms.For Further Reading.McCulloch v. Maryland (1819).Watkins v. United States (1957).Barenblatt v. United States (1959).Gibbons v. Ogden (1824).Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918).Carter v. Carter Coal Company (1936).National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937).Wickard v. Filburn (1942).Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964).Katzenbach v. McClung (1964).United States v. Lopez (1995).Gonzales v. Raich (2005).National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012).United States v. Butler (1936).Steward Machine Company v. Davis (1937).South Dakota v. Dole (1987).South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966).City of Boerne v. Flores (1997).Introduction.Structural Aspects of the Presidency.Theories of Presidential Power.The Veto Power.Appointment and Removal Powers.The Power to Grant Pardons.Executive Privilege.Presidential Immunity.Foreign Policy and International Relations.War Powers.Conclusion.Key Terms.For Further Reading.The Federalist No. 70.Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer (1952).Wiener v. United States (1958).United States v. Nixon (1974).Clinton v. Jones (1997).United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation (1936).Dames & Moore v. Regan (1981).The Prize Cases (1863).Korematsu v. United States (1944).Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006).United States v. United States District Court (1972).Introduction.Delegation of Legislative Power.Additional Separation of Powers Concerns.Congressional Control of Administrative Actions.Presidential Control of the Bureaucracy.Judicial Oversight over the Administrative State.Agency Actions and Individual Rights.Conclusion.Key Terms.For Further Reading.J. W. Hampton & Company v. United States (1928).Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1935).Mistretta v. United States (1989).Whitman v. American Trucking Associations (2001).Citizens for Abatement of Aircraft Noise (1991).Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983).Gonzales v. Oregon (2006).Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation v. Natural Resources Defense Council (1978).Goldberg v. Kelly (1970).Mathews v. Eldridge (1976).Introduction.Development of the Federal System.Federalism in the Modern Era.The Commerce Clause and State Regulatory Authority.State Taxing Power.Interstate Relations.Conclusion.Key Terms.For Further Reading.Chisholm v. Georgia (1793).Texas v. White (1869).United States v. Darby (1941).Arizona v. United States (2012).National League of Cities v. Usery (1976).Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985).Printz v. United States (1997).Tennessee v. Lane (2004).Cooley v. Board of Port Wardens (1852).Oregon Waste Systems v. Department of Environmental Quality (1994).Granholm v. Heald (2005).
