Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Constitutional law : principles and policies / Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, and Distinguished Professor of Law, Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law University of California, Irvine School of Law.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Aspen Student treatise seriesPublisher: New York : Wolters Kluwer, 2015Edition: Fifth EditionDescription: xxvi, 1439 pages ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781454849476 (pbk)
  • 1454849479
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 342.73 23
LOC classification:
  • KF 4550 C517c 2015
Contents:
Historical background and contemporary themes -- The federal judicial power -- The federal legislativce power -- The federal executive power -- Limits on state regulatory and taxing power -- The structure of the Constitution's protection of civil rights and civil liberties -- Procedural due process -- Economic liberties -- Equal protection -- Fundamental rights -- First Amendment : expression -- First Amendment : religion.
Summary: Relied on by students, professors, and practitioners, Erwin Chemerinsky s popular treatise clearly states the law and identifies the underlying policy issues in each area of constitutional law. Thorough coverage of the topic makes it appropriate for both beginning and advanced courses. This new, Fifth Edition features updated material throughout, including: Significant attention given to developments in law since publication of previous edition New material on standing, congressional power, presidential power and the war on terror; preemption, school desegregation; abortion rights and voting rights Covers First Amendment issues concerning speech and religion.Includes recent and significant cases: Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation; Boumediene v. Bush; Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; Wyeth v. Levine; Philip Morris USA v. Williams.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF 4550 C517c 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000122391

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical background and contemporary themes -- The federal judicial power -- The federal legislativce power -- The federal executive power -- Limits on state regulatory and taxing power -- The structure of the Constitution's protection of civil rights and civil liberties -- Procedural due process -- Economic liberties -- Equal protection -- Fundamental rights -- First Amendment : expression -- First Amendment : religion.

Relied on by students, professors, and practitioners, Erwin Chemerinsky s popular treatise clearly states the law and identifies the underlying policy issues in each area of constitutional law. Thorough coverage of the topic makes it appropriate for both beginning and advanced courses.
This new, Fifth Edition features updated material throughout, including:
Significant attention given to developments in law since publication of previous edition
New material on standing, congressional power, presidential power and the war on terror; preemption, school desegregation; abortion rights and voting rights
Covers First Amendment issues concerning speech and religion.Includes recent and significant cases: Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation; Boumediene v. Bush; Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; Wyeth v. Levine; Philip Morris USA v. Williams.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.