Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints

Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints

Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints

Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints

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Overview

Political factors influence judicial decisions. Arguments and input from lawyers and interest groups, the ebb and flow of public opinion, and especially the ideological and behavioral inclinations of the justices all combine to influence the development of constitutional doctrine. The Eleventh Edition of Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints draws on political science as well as legal studies to analyze and excerpt landmark cases, including key opinions handed down through 2021.

This book is ideal for Constitutional Law courses in the two-semester sequence that covers powers and constraints.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781071822128
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 04/19/2022
Series: Constitutional Law for a Changing America
Edition description: Eleventh Edition
Pages: 736
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lee Epstein (Ph D, Emory University) is the University Professor of Law & Political Science and the Hilliard Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Science Foundation, Epstein has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles and essays and 18 books. She is currently co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Judicial Behaviour. Professor Epstein’s empirical research is frequently cited in the New York Times, among other news media.

Thomas G. Walker (Ph D, University of Kentucky) is the Goodrich C. White Professor Emeritus at Emory University, where he won several teaching awards for his courses on constitutional law and the judicial process. His book A Court Divided, written with Deborah J. Barrow, won the prestigious V. O. Key Award for the best book on Southern politics. He is the author of Eligible for Execution and coauthor of The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments, 7th Edition, with Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, and Harold J. Spaeth.

Table of Contents

PART I • THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
CHAPTER 1 • Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court
PART II • INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
CHAPTER 2 • The Judiciary
CHAPTER 3 • The Legislature
CHAPTER 4 • The Executive
CHAPTER 5 • Interbranch Interactions
PART III • NATION-STATE RELATIONS
CHAPTER 6 • Federalism
CHAPTER 7 • The Commerce Power
CHAPTER 8 • The Power to Tax and Spend
PART IV • ECONOMIC LIBERTIES
CHAPTER 9 • The Contract Clause
CHAPTER 10 • Economic Substantive Due Process
CHAPTER 11 • The Takings Clause
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