Constitutional Law in a Nutshell

by Jerome A. Barron, C. Thomas Dienes

Provides you with a reliable guide to constitutional law. Expert authors summarize judicial review and its limits, national legislative powers, state power in American federalism, Congress and the executive power, due process of law; equal protection, freedom of expression and religion, state action, and congressional legislation in civil rights and liberties.

Genres: Nonfiction, Law, Legal, Reference

529 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredibly useful tool for both Constitutional Law I & II. I honestly found this to be the best of the Nutshell series as well. Because many students will struggle with our massive textbooks featuring the hackneyed, just plain bad writing stretching over 200 years of the Supreme Court's existence, and because many other students will struggle with understanding what exactly our professors are searching for in their misapplication of the Socratic Method, another path is needed.

This book provides it. It consistently finds the nut, the kernel of each case holding. Please keep in mind that this book was written by a former deceased professor at my law school, so its efficacy may vary at other law schools. However, I think you could do far worse, especially since this book is both affordable and light weight. Both matter a lot when you become a law student.

[Courtney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty difficult to put Con Law into a nutshell. Good for research terms.