Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Rights, Liberties, and Justice
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- Create Date：2021-09-02 19:21:26
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Lee J. Epstein
- ISBN：1544391250
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Reviews
Anne Fox
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This is a lengthy and comprehensive overview of the major issues confronting the Supreme Court， complete with case examples and excerpts from the findings of the Court。 I wouldn't recommend this book for someone completely unversed in law。 but for those wanting to gain a more complete understanding of how our Supreme Court works， this is an excellent text。 This is a lengthy and comprehensive overview of the major issues confronting the Supreme Court， complete with case examples and excerpts from the findings of the Court。 I wouldn't recommend this book for someone completely unversed in law。 but for those wanting to gain a more complete understanding of how our Supreme Court works， this is an excellent text。 。。。more
Cassandra
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Both this book and the Institutional Powers book by the same authors are used at my University for the Constitutional Law courses。 It is， as most law texts are， a little dry， kind of dull， and a whole lot of information crammed into a thick book in small type。 That being said， Epstein & Walker succeed in making the information more accessible than any other textbook I've had to use in my studies on the same subject matter， and include photographs on major cases to help students place the informa Both this book and the Institutional Powers book by the same authors are used at my University for the Constitutional Law courses。 It is， as most law texts are， a little dry， kind of dull， and a whole lot of information crammed into a thick book in small type。 That being said， Epstein & Walker succeed in making the information more accessible than any other textbook I've had to use in my studies on the same subject matter， and include photographs on major cases to help students place the information。 They also contextualize the case information， giving the technical explanations and following with a more colloquial summary to ensure that the major points are understood。The books do tend to be on the expensive side （in the realm of PoliSci texts， anyway）， so if you know you're taking the class and if your school， like mine， uses this book across the board， it's best to buy it in the middle of a semester when those who have dropped are just trying to unload the book as quickly as possible。 I managed to find it for under $35 on Amazon where it usually retails for around $75 （still significantly less than campus bookstores， even for used editions！）。 。。。more
Kevin Altman
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Political Science classic。。。a must！
Ben
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For a textbook， I think it is a great overview。 It is well-organized and gives excerpts of many important decisions。
Kony
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Situates key decisions in political context， giving enough detail to orient， but not so much as to overwhelm。 Illuminates diverse influences on law's development， attending to the big picture （internat'l and nat'l events）， the small picture （individual justices， parties in cases）， and the medium picture （intra-court dynamics， inter-branch relations）。 Leaves me feeling like a better educated American， equipped to discuss legal history more intelligently。 Situates key decisions in political context， giving enough detail to orient， but not so much as to overwhelm。 Illuminates diverse influences on law's development， attending to the big picture （internat'l and nat'l events）， the small picture （individual justices， parties in cases）， and the medium picture （intra-court dynamics， inter-branch relations）。 Leaves me feeling like a better educated American， equipped to discuss legal history more intelligently。 。。。more
Ashley M
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