Through the examination of these cases, the authors provide readers with an understanding of the significant role that the Supreme Court performs in shaping the boundaries of governmental power and contours of individual rights and liberties. The review of these modern decisions is provided against a historical backdrop that affords perspective and enriched context. Selection of the landmark decision (Roe v. Wade) as a departure point makes the book particularly useful in understanding the Court's impact upon contemporary American society. Given the controversial nature of this decision, which recognized a woman's liberty to elect an abortion, it also serves as a portal for examining the points and counterpoints with respect to the Court's function. Treadlines during this period profile a Court that grew increasingly cautious in charting constitutional rights and liberties and equality principles and less amenable to unbridled expansion of federal power. Through processes of review that limit protected speech or reflect less concern when speech is burdened by regulation that is not content-based or does not target expression directly, for instance, the Court has imposed significant curbs upon the First Amendment.
Overall, the Supreme Court has become increasingly assertive in reviewing congressional power to regulate in areas that fall within the historical province of the states. This work engenders an appreciation for how constitutional power, rights, and liberties are not a constant over time but works in progress that are subject to the ebb and flow of judicial philosophy. Written for a general audience and particularly accessible for non-law school students and non-lawyers, fact and summary boxes provide quick insight and understanding of cases. Entries include Craig v. Boren (1976), Illinois v. Gates (1983), Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983), Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1992), United States v. Virginia (1996), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004), and many others. In addition, a glossary defines key terms.

Contemporary Supreme Court Cases: Landmark Decisions Since Roe v. Wade

Weaver, Russell L.

Lively, Donald E.

Legal History

Greenwood

Criminal Procedure 2003 (American Casebook)

Criminal Law

West Group

2003 Supplement to Criminal Law (American Casebook)

Hancock, Catherine

Burkoff, John M.

Abramson, Leslie W.

West Law School

Like the law school casebook that this supplement updates, it facilitates the development of advocacy skills in criminal cases. Helps encourage students to think about how to handle such situations, while emphasizing intellectual content. Includes cases and materials released since the publication of the named casebook.

2004 Supplement to Criminal Procedure: Cases, Problems, and Exercises, Second Edition

Bacigal, Ronald

Burkoff, John

West

Selected Federal And State Administrative And Regulatory Laws, 2004 (Selected Statues)

Funk, William F.

Shapiro, Sidney A.

Administrative Law

2004 Supplement to Criminal Law: Cases, Materials and Problems

The third edition contains thought provoking problems, and is designed to encourage classroom discussion, and help students effectively learn criminal procedure principles. Ideally suited for a one semester course, this casebook contains all the essential decisions without being overwritten or so massive as to be unwieldy. In addition, the new edition is completely up-to-date containing the latest decisions from the United States Supreme Court, as well as problems based on important lower court decisions. Criminal Procedure: Cases, Problems and Exercises is unique because the authors actively seek to place students in situations that they are likely to encounter in practice, and asks students to think about how they might handle those situations e.g., what does a lawyer do when asked to represent a client at a lineup. For this new edition, the authors have added a significant number of new problems. They have also added important cases from the United States Supreme Court's last three terms.

Criminal Procedure: Cases, Problems & Exercises (American Casebook Series)

Bacigal, Ronald J.

West Academic

The book is divided into two major sections. The early chapters give students a firm grounding in equity and equitable remedies, contempt, and the prerogative writs. The problems are constructed to cross subject matter boundaries, analyze competing remedial options, and give students a better understanding of the remedial consequences of litigating a case on one theory rather than another.

Modern Remedies: Cases, Practical Problems and Exercises (American Casebook Series)

Strachan, Kristine

Partlett, David F.

Lawrence, William H.

Rules & Procedures

This book contains all the up-to-date federal administrative laws, including the most recent amendment to Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review. In addition, it contains key provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Ethics in Government Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. It further contains both the 1961 and 1981 Model State Administrative Procedure Acts, as well as the administrative law provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure and Government Code and the Florida Public Records Law and Open Meetings Law.

Selected Federal and State Administrative and Regulatory Laws

Law school casebook that facilitates the development of advocacy skills. The problems and exercises were designed to place students in real-life situations and encourage students to think about how to handle such situations. At the same time, the book emphasizes intellectual content. Students are encouraged to evaluate policy considerations that underlie the law, and to consider the efficacy and wisdom of the United States Supreme Court's policy choices. Includes not only modern cases that reflect the current state of the law, but some older cases that help students understand and evaluate the modern approach.

Criminal Law: Cases and Materials

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