Discover the ins and outs of Constitutional law Are you a student looking for trusted, plain-English guidance on the ins and outs of Constitutional law? Look no further! Constitutional Law For Dummies provides a detailed study guide tracking to this commonly required law course.
Discover the ins and outs of Constitutional law Are you a student looking for trusted, plain-English guidance on the ins and outs of Constitutional law? Look no further! Constitutional Law For Dummies provides a detailed study guide tracking to this commonly required law course.
Glenn C. Smith is a professor of constitutional law at California Western School of Law in San Diego, CA, and creator of a nationally recognized seminar in which law students learn about the Supreme Court by role-playing as current justices and lawyers arguing before them. Patricia Fusco is a government attorney and a criminal prosecutor working in the California Attorney General's Office, Special Crimes Unit. As a trial attorney, she deals with issues of constitutional law on a daily basis.
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Introduction 1
Part I: Studying Constitutional Law: The Foundations9
Chapter 1: Understanding the Constitution 11
Chapter 2: Constitutional Law: A View from 30,000 Feet 33
Chapter 3: Mapping Out Key Concepts and Distinctions inConstitutional Law 49
Part II: Allocating Governmental Roles 59
Chapter 4: "Constituting" a New Federal Government61
Chapter 5: Charting the Reach of National Government Powers83
Chapter 6: Sorting Out National Powers: Inter-Branch Conflictand Cooperation 105
Chapter 7: The Constitution and Federalism 125
Part III: Protecting Property Rights and Avoiding ArbitraryAction141
Chapter 8: Avoiding Arbitrary Government Action: Due Process ofLaw 143
Chapter 9: Protecting Property: Land, Contracts, and Guns161
Chapter 10: Preventing Government from Discriminating 177
Part IV: Rights to Self-Expression and PoliticalParticipation 199
Chapter 11: "Express Yourself!" Freedom of Speech 201
Chapter 12: The Constitution and Religion 225
Chapter 13: Getting Involved: Voting and Becoming or Supportinga Candidate 247
Part V: Understanding Privacy Rights 263
Chapter 14: Implied Privacy Rights -- Fundamental andOtherwise 265
Chapter 15: Preventing Unreasonable Searches and Seizures289
Chapter 16: The Right against Self-Incrimination 311
Part VI: The Part of Tens 331
Chapter 17: Ten Landmark Court Decisions about GovernmentalStructure 333
Chapter 18: Ten (Plus Three) Top Individual-Rights Cases 341
