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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 342.73 EAN: 9780316817912 Edition: 3rd ISBN: 0316817910 Label: Little Brown & Co Law & Business Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co Law & Business Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1814 Publication Date: 1996-05 Publisher: Little Brown & Co Law & Business Studio: Little Brown & Co Law & Business
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  - So much cheaper than the 2005 editionIf you are buying this, I assume you are buying because you have to for class. In that case you will likely have noticed that the current edition is vastly more expensive and came out only 2 years after this edition. How much could the law change in 2 years? Is it false economy to scrimp on the books when you are paying through the teeth for law school already? Here I attempt to answer these questions. I used this edition of the book rather than the 2005 edition for both Con Law 1 and 2. The changes from this edition to the newer one were minor. In Con Law 1, I had to pull two new cases off FindLaw and only had to pull one new case for Con Law 2. Other than that the books were similar and most assigned readings were word for word the same between editions. An added bonus was that the professors for both classes have been teaching the subject for years, and in the three sections that were significantly different both tended to teach focused on the older edition. In one class, the previous edition had an older case which had been replaced by the Gore Bush election recount case (an added case). The older case had been shortened to a note, but the professor elaborated on it. Not only was I not lost for using the older book - I had an edge. I highly recommend economizing by buying the older book in this case. Constitutional law does not change frequently, and this did not disadvantage me. And to quell any doubts, I scored in the top third for both classes. Rating:  - HORRIBLEI am finishing my second year of law school, so I have read quite a few case books. This is BY FAR the worst. The cases are poorly edited, leaving out important information. But the notes are even worse. The notes are very poorly organized, with very few headings and sub-headings. Between cases there is a seemingly endless sea of words with very few intersting points to make. Instead of using footnotes for the ridiculous number of citations, the authors decided to use in-line cites. This makes the book EXTREMELY difficult to read. It is common to see an entire paragraph that is entirely comprised of citations (literally!). If you have about 40 hours per week to devote to ConLaw, then you might enjoy all the cites (you will need to look them up yourself, because most are not explained). But if you are a law student, you will not have time to wade through this ocean of rambling. This is basically a 1,700 page sleeping pill. Professors: please do not inflict this book on your students. Use Chemerinsky instead. Rating: - The WORST casebook in all of law schoolThis book is terrible. The content is too hard to follow because the editing is way over the top. The Notes sections, in particular, are the worst I have ever seen in a law school casebook (especially if your professor actually goes over each case mentioned that spans all of 2 lines). The editing makes simple concepts seem way too complicated as it constantly presents circular arguments that lead to nowhere. If you are using this casebook for class, I suggest you get a good commercial study aide like Chemerinsky's Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies or the Examples & Explainations. Rating: - Dreadful Beyond Belief!This is THE MOST HORRIBLE casebook ever. Cases are edited to the point of being incomprehensible. Notes are incredibly dry, boring, obscurely academic, and utterly unhelpful. This book is completely useless for the study of Con law. Buy Chemerinsky instead. Rating: - Poorly organized and inconciseAs a brief look at any well written treatise will show you, the organization of the notes and note cases in this book is inconsistent and "without reference to any logical or reasonable formula whatever" (See Baker v Carr). If you are a first year law student stuck with this book, beware! My suggestion is to find a good treatise like Chemerinsky's "Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies" to help you discern what you need to know. Otherwise, be prepared to spend endless frustrating hours trying to make some sense of it all! |
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