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Constitutional Law for a Changing America Lee J. Epstein

Constitutional Law for a Changing America By Lee J. Epstein

Constitutional Law for a Changing America by Lee J. Epstein

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Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints by Lee J. Epstein

Combining the lessons of the legal model with the influences of the political process, Constitutional Law for a Changing America shows how these dynamics shape the development of constitutional doctrine. With meticulous revising and updating throughout, best-selling authors Lee Epstein and Thomas G. Walker streamline material while accounting for new scholarship and recent landmark cases-including key opinions handed down through the 2018 judicial session.

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This is the best undergraduate text I've found for teaching the evolution of the Supreme Court's decision-making on constitutional rights and liberties. The authors strike an excellent balance between providing essential contextual material and offering well edited opinions of the Court on key topics. Students consistently respond positively to the textbook because it so engaging and accessible, in terms of both writing style and layout/design. -- Linda J. Wharton
If you are teaching a course on Constitutional Law, you should use Epstein and Walker's book. They have provided the gold standard. This book is chalked full of cases, concepts, analysis, and useful tables and charts. I think they present the political discussion in an ideologically neutral manner and stick to the facts when it comes to covering the main material. Epstein and Walker provide all of the tools that are needed for an instructor to properly present the material and for students to easily grasp the concepts in a course involving constitutional principles, institutional powers, and the checks on the exercise of power. -- Sean D. Foreman, Ph.D.
This textbook is a thorough and thought-provoking textbook that provides historical context to assist students in understanding the complex, political, and evolutionary nature of the Supreme Court. -- Christi Lee Gramling

About Lee J. Epstein

Lee Epstein is Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. A recipient of 12 grants from the National Science Foundation for her work on law and legal institutions, Epstein has authored or co-authored over 100 articles and essays, as well as 15 books, including The Choices Justices Make (co-authored with Jack Knight), which won the Pritchett Award for the Best Book on Law and Courts and the Lasting Contribution Award for making a lasting impression on the field of law and courts. The Constitutional Law for a Changing America series (co-authored with Thomas G. Walker) received the Teaching and Mentoring Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. Her most recent books are The Behavior of Federal Judges, with William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner, and An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research, with Andrew D. Martin. Thomas G. Walker is the Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science at Emory University, where he teaches courses in constitutional law and the judicial process. He is the coauthor of A Court Divided (1988), with Deborah Barrow, which won the V. O. Key, Jr. Award for the best book on southern politics, and the Constitutional Law for a Changing America series, with Lee Epstein. He is also author of Eligible for Execution: The Story of the Daryl Atkins Case (2009).

Table of Contents

Chronological Table of Cases Tables, Figures, and Boxes Preface About the Authors PART I. THE U.S. CONSTITUTION The Road to the U.S. Constitution Underlying Principles of the Constitution CHAPTER 1. Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court Processing Supreme Court Cases Supreme Court Decision Making: Legalism Supreme Court Decision Making: Realism Conducting Research on the Supreme Court PART II. INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Origins of the Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances System Separation of Powers and the Constitution Contemporary Thinking on the Constitutional Scheme CHAPTER 2. The Judiciary Establishment of the Federal Judiciary Judicial Review Constraints on Judicial Power: Article III Constraints on Judicial Power and the Separation of Powers System CHAPTER 3. The Legislature Article I: Historical Overview Congressional Authority over Internal Affairs: Institutional Independence and Integrity Legislative Powers: Sources and Scope Federal Legislature: Constitutional Interpretations CHAPTER 4. The Executive The Structure of the Presidency The President's Constitutional Authority and Tools for Executing It The Faithful Execution of the Laws: Defining the Contours of Presidential Power Domestic Powers of the President The Role of the President in External Relations CHAPTER 5. Interbranch Interactions Debates over Interbranch Interactions Domestic Powers Powers over Foreign Affairs PART III. NATION-STATE RELATIONS The Framers and Federalism The Tenth and Eleventh Amendments CHAPTER 6. Federalism The Doctrinal Cycle of Nation-State Relations The Eleventh Amendment and Sovereign Immunity National Preemption of State Laws CHAPTER 7. The Commerce Power Foundations of the Commerce Power Attempts to Define the Commerce Power in the Wake of the Industrial Revolution The Supreme Court and the New Deal The Era of Expansive Commerce Clause Jurisprudence Limits on the Commerce Power: The Republican Court Era Commerce Power of the States CHAPTER 8. The Power to Tax and Spend The Constitutional Power to Tax and Spend Direct Taxes and the Power to Tax Income Taxation of Exports Intergovernmental Tax Immunity Taxation as a Regulatory Power Taxing and Spending for the General Welfare Restrictions on the Revenue Powers of the States PART IV. ECONOMIC LIBERTIES CHAPTER 9. The Contract Clause The Framers and the Contract Clause John Marshall and the Contract Clause Decline of the Contract Clause: From the Taney Court to the New Deal Modern Applications of the Contract Clause CHAPTER 10. Economic Substantive Due Process Development of Substantive Due Process The Roller-Coaster Ride of Substantive Due Process: 1898-1923 The Heyday of Substantive Due Process: 1923-1936 The Depression, the New Deal, and the Decline of Economic Substantive Due Process Substantive Due Process: Contemporary Relevance CHAPTER 11. The Takings Clause Protecting Private Property from Government Seizure What Is a Taking? What Constitutes a Public Use? Reference Material Constitution of the United States The Justices Glossary Online Case Archive Index Case Index Subject Index

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CIN1544317905G
9781544317908
1544317905
Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints by Lee J. Epstein
Lee J. Epstein
Constitutional Law for a Changing America
Used - Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
20190414
784
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