Product Description

The authors have tried to provide some historical context for modern doctrine, and to give at least a brief treatment of less contentious areas of law. They also have tried to show students how these issues pervade constitutional law and to provide students with tools for more intense thinking. The authors start with Brown v. Board of Education and the historical litigation background of that case to generate greater initial enthusiasm in students.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #835348 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1256 pages

Customer Reviews

Useless casebook
This book is useless. As a naive 1L I wasted my time diligently trying to read the cases. By the end of the semester I finally realized that Chemerinsky's treatise told me everything I needed to know in about 25% of the words.

I agree with the previous reviewer's point that the text between cases is NOT analysis. It is just filler that is unenlightening. Save your money. Buy Chemerinsky's treatise instead. Don'just take my word for it: check out the average Amazon rating and the number of reviews for his treatise.

con law casebook
Prior to purchasing this casebook I looked over the website reviews and read one which recommended just copying the cases for class over buying the book. The reviewer felt the commentary was minimal and not worthwhile. I disagree. There is a substantial amount of editorial commentary, albeit not easy reading and sometimes presumptive of knowledge, and the cases are edited. Not buying the casebook is a risky approach if this is your assigned text. A good adjuvant for better understanding the material is the Chemerinsky treatise (Aspen).

Terrible waste of money
I'm just trying to tell you how to save 100 bucks. Don't buy this book. It is nothing special, it's just a book full of Supreme Court cases.

Supreme Court cases are published everywhere, you can type the parties of almost any case into a search engine and get a complete text of a case online for FREE. Some textbooks are assembled in a manner that helps the student understand the most important aspects of a body of law. This book does not do this. All it does is present the cases in an unorganized form. The author doesn't even bother to sum up the current body of Constitutional Law. He just mechanically presents the cases and asks rhetorical questions.

There is no reason for you to dish out a bill to get this worthless book. The analysis between Supreme Court cases is NOT really analysis. The pathetic author just asks rhetorical questions about the ruling and they contribute NOTHING to understanding the body of Constitutional Law.

If you are a student on a budget, don't buy this book. Look at your Constitutional Law class syllabus, see which cases you are discussing, and pull them up on the web.

If you are a trust baby, then buy this book so you can look like part of the crowd. But if you'd rather spend the hundred bucks on something else, then don't waste your money.