American Constitutional Law: Structure and Reconstruction Cases, Notes and Problems, 4th (American Casebook)

This law school casebook is concise, rigorous, and yet accessible to students. It contains approximately 100 primary cases, including a greater proportion of recent Supreme Court decisions than other casebooks. The notes provide the context, and realistic problems require application of constitutional law principles and cases. It covers structural constitutional law (federal judicial power, distribution of national powers, Congress? powers, federalism, and judicial protection of interstate commerce), and the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment (citizenship, privileges and immunities, due process, equal protection, and state action). This casebook has been designed to reach todays students by incorporating entertaining elements and referencing contemporary controversies.