1-An Historical Overview; 2-An Overview of the U.S. Legal System; 3- The Supreme Court of the United States: The Final Word; 4-Researching the Law; 5-Equal Protection under the Law: balancing Individual, State and Federal Rights; 6-The First Amendment: Basic Freedoms; 7-The Second Amendment: The Gun Control Controversey; 8- The Fourth Amendment:An Overview of Consitutional Searches and Seizures; 9- Conducting Constitutional Seizures; 10-Conducting Constitutional Searches; 11-THe Fifthe Amendment:Due Prcess and Obtaining Information Legally; 12-The Sixth Amendment:Right to Counsel and a Fair Trial; 13-The Eighth Amendment: Bail, Fines and Punsihment14- The Remaining AMendments and a Return to the Constitution
Summary:
This text is unlike most traditional legal works and was prepared this way intentionally. Our teaching experience and feedback from students and educators alike gave us the resounding message that there was a desire for something other than a traditional casebook approach to learning "con law." While there is certainly a place for traditional texts, people with whom we consulted wanted a text that fell between basic civics books and law school-level casebooks to use in their introductory-level courses on constitutional law or search and seizure. Our text was written in reponse to what many told us they wanted. It is different, however, and this paradigm shift has not been embraced by the entire academic community. But for those who want an easy, painless journey through the fascinating study of American constitutional law, this text was written for you. This approach to the study of constitutional law was welcomed by a reveiwer of the manuscript.
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