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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 342.73 EAN: 9781566624534 Edition: 13th ISBN: 1566624533 Label: Foundation Press Manufacturer: Foundation Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1696 Publication Date: July 09, 1997 Publisher: Foundation Press Studio: Foundation Press |
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  - Kathleen Sullivan takes hatchet to Supreme Court cases: law student rejoicesAny text that can get Brown v. Board down to 2 pages gets my vote, especially in a semester in which I had 6 other classes. The book trims everything down more than any other casebook I've seen, but leaves enough meat on the bones to discuss in class. Rating: - Your standard Con-law Casebook, but not as beefy as someI used this text in my first amendment class so I only read pp. 740 ish to the end of the text. For the most part this is your standard Constitutional law text, with few principal cases, and pages after pages of note cases to follow. Unlike most law textbooks, Sullivan does a good job of doing what most law book don't do--she gets to the point and doesn't waste much time getting there. The material flows together quite nicely, although some the cases could have been edited better, as some of the editing leaves some important information, but all in all, if this is your con law text, then you shouldn't have too much trouble getting through it. Rating:  - Deep and insightful.Written over a series of centuries, primarily consisting of the delusional ramblings of 9 old white men, the plotline of the novel is loose at best. Fortunately, the protagonists, ever-shifting, are a compelling ensemble of rapscallions and rebels. Although the ending is ill-defined, the core values can be applied to a wide variety of situations. I'll probably buy Sullivan's next novel. Rating:  - Worst...law...book...everI had to use this book (and it's useless supplement) for my con law class. The main cases are poorly edited as they include too much of the original text--reading an entire 10 page opinion is fairly useless to a law student, especially since a con law exam covers so many topics. The secondary cases are poorly edited in the opposite respect--a holding and only a few words about the facts. Overall, the worst part about the book is that there is little offered by the author in terms of guidance through the muck of Supreme Court decisions. Many in my class preferred to work with Chemerinsky's Constitutional Law: Principles And Policies (Introduction to Law Series). Once I finally picked up that book and used it to study for the final, Con law all of the sudden made perfect sense to me. Chemerinsky was completely clear, and I have to recommend him if you are a law student. Rating: - Magisterial work, continuing a long traditionThis version follows in the wake of a long tradition of excellence. This work began as an edited Con Law text, created by Noel Dowling, in 1937. In the 1960s, what had formerly been Dowling alone became Dowling and Gunther. As Gerald Gunther did more of the work, it became known as Gunther and Dowling (the way the authors were ordered when I first acquired a copy in graduate school). Later, Gunther became listed as the sole editor. Now, Kathleen Sullivan has stepped in to be listed as co-editor of this esteemed, long-lived volume. And it continues to be one of the best texts in Constitutional Law. Several issues make this an excellent volume (especially for law school students). One, it covers a great deal of material. There are myriad cases (normally, nicely edited so that one gets a large number of cases--but for which there is enough of the Court's opinion to make the logic of the Justices intelligible). Two, there is plenty of context provided for major cases. For instance, after the presentation of the Court's opinion in "Marbury v. Madison," there are a number of snippets exploring the history of judicial review, the controversy over the Court's claim that it could strike down laws as unconstitutional, and so on. Three, after key cases, there are a host of follow up questions to get the reader thinking about the implications of the decision. These questions, themselves, are an important part of this (and many other) law school textbooks (whether Con Law, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, etc.). Once more, this text is one more edition that contributes to the legacy of Noel Dowling's original volume, produced first back in the 1930s. After plowing through this fat volume, people who persevere will have a much more nuanced and intelligible understanding of the Constitution. |
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