Constitutional Law: Cases, Materials, And Problems

by Russell L. Weaver (Editor)

The authors make their book effective and flexible by:
- including the principal constitutional law cases, edited as lightly as possible to allow the Supreme Court to speak for itself
- using short notes combined with problems to expand on the text
- achieving a teachable length of 1,320 pages
- building on the proven approach taken by coauthor Russell Weaver in his successful casebooks for other courses
- providing insights into the problems and cases in the accompanying Teacher's Manual
Skillful use of the thought-provoking problem approach:
- helps students delve deeper into constitutional doctrine
- serves as an accessible and interesting way to learn constitutional issues
- enlivens class discussion and debate

Genres: Law

1280 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2011

About the author

Professor Russell L. Weaver graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1978. He was a member of the Missouri Law Review, was elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Judge Roy Harper Prize. After law school, Professor Weaver was associated with Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas in Kansas City, Missouri, and worked for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

[sologdin]

by far one of the worst courses in lawyer school. it's a marvel that anyone ever survives the ten weeks of horrid commerce clause cases. this text is proficient for it, though.

[Cara Henry]

Only took a year and so many tears 😭