Constitutional Law--individual Rights

Download or read book Constitutional Law--individual Rights written by Allan Ides and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constitutional Law: Individual Rights, Third Edition, continues to offer complete coverage as part of a two-volume study-guide set. This book and its companion - National Power and Federalism - provide a solid and comprehensive foundation in the doctrines and methods of constitutional law. Individual Rights begins with an historical overview and then addresses threshold doctrines such as in corporation, state action, and congressional enforcement. The volume then proceeds to examine the basic protections afforded by substantive and procedural due process, The takings and contracts clauses, equal protection, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. This study guide: Explains legal concepts and principles in hands-on sections, accompanied by examples and analysis that illustrate how to apply these concepts and principles in hypothetical situations. Motivates students to think about the larger issues of constitutional law with depth and perception. is organized to parallel the major constitutional law casebooks. New material in this Third Edition includes a discussion of all major Supreme court decisions through the end of the 2002-2003 term, including: Bush v. Gore (justiciability and equal protection). Palazzolo v. Rhode island (regulatory takings). Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (takings and just compensation). Lawrence v. Texas (regulating sexual conduct). Eldred v. Ashcroft (congressional power under the Copyright Clause). United States v. American Library Association (Internet censorship And The Spending Clause). Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (constitutionality of University of Michigan affirmative action programs). Other new decisions on state action, state sovereign immunity, procedural due process, access To The courts, viewpoint discrimination and commercial speech. for our complete constitutional law teaching package, also review May and Ides' newly revised Constitutional Law: National Power and Federalism Examples & Explanations, 3E .