Constitutional Values: Governmental Power and Individual Freedoms
Daniel E. Hall, J.D., Ed.D., Brevard Community College, Paralegal
John Feldmeier, Miami University of Ohio

ISBN-10: 0131717693
ISBN-13: 9780131717695

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Cloth; 528 pp
Published: 01/22/2008

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This text is appropriate for courses in Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties.  

 

Flexible in design, this book offers comprehensive coverage of two traditional constitutional law subjects: governmental powers and civil liberties.  It strives to balance historically significant cases with contemporary problems and includes excerpts of significant cases within the text. Written in a style designed for undergraduates, legal terms are defined in a running glossary and applications assignments appear at the end of each chapter. A special feature, Your Constitutional Values, helps make students aware that constitutional law occurs at all levels, branches and areas of the government–not just the U.S. Supreme Court.

This text is appropriate for courses in Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties.  Flexible in design, this book offers comprehensive coverage of two traditional constitutional law subjects: governmental powers and civil liberties.  It strives to balance historically significant cases with contemporary problems and includes excerpts of significant cases within the text. Written in a style designed for undergraduates, legal terms are defined in a running glossary and applications assignments appear at the end of each chapter. A special feature, Your Constitutional Values, helps make students aware that constitutional law occurs at all levels, branches and areas of the government–not just the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

Hallmark Features

 

Comprehensive coverage of two traditional constitutional law subjects: governmental powers and civil liberties–gives this text a flexible design.

·        Offers an option of splitting these two topics without loss of content or pedagogy.

 

Balance of historically significant cases with contemporary problems–such as the Patriot Act, child pornography, federal/state power issues, and the presidential/congressional tug-of-wars.

·        Gives instructors a variety of cases to choose from and to use as in-class illustration.

 

A writing style that challenges but does not overwhelm–makes this text digestible for undergraduate students.

·        Provides a running glossary of terms and defines legalese when it is used.

 

Excerpts of significant cases–are embedded in the text.

·        Reinforces the content and teaches crucial thinking and analytical skills.

 

Your Constitutional Values–makes students aware that constitutional law occurs at all levels, branches, and areas of government–not just something that happens at the U.S. Supreme Court.

·        Uses local cases to illustrate that constitutional problems exist in daily lives.

 

Critical thinking and applications assignments–appear at the end of each chapter.

·        Offers exercises that require greater analysis, critical thinking, problem solving, or the application of the material to a set of facts.

 

Helpful Appendices–include the Constitution of the United States, selected statutes, selected Federalist papers, and a description of how to conduct constitutional research.

·        Gives readers quick access to these important documents.

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

PART ONE: GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE AND AUTHORITY

1.      History of the Constitution

2.      Dividing Governmental Power

3.      The Judiciary: Its Role and Judicial Review

4.      The Judiciary: Jurisdiction

5.      Congress

6.      The Presidency

7.      Administrative Agencies in the Constitutional Scheme

8.      Contemporary Federalism: The State and Federal Relationship

 

 

PART TWO: INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES

9.      The Bill of Rights

10.    The Freedom of Expression

11.    Religion and the Constitution

12.    Substantive Due Process, Privacy, and Other Liberties

13.    Equal Protection

14.    Civil Liberties in the Criminal Justice System

 

APPENDIX A: CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

APPENDIX B: HOW TO BRIEF A CASE

APPENDIX C: HISTORY OF UNITED STATES JUSTICES BY SEAT

APPENDIX D: GLOSSARY

 

A native of Indiana, Daniel E. Hall is Dean of the Hamilton Campus and Professor of Political Science at Miami University. He was formerly chairperson of the Department of Criminal Justice at The University of Toledo and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida. He has also held adjunct faculty positions at the Barry University School of Law and the University of Evansville.  He earned his B.S. at Indiana University, J.D. at Washburn University, and Ed.D. at the University of Central Florida. In addition to experience as a defense attorney in the United States and assistant attorney general of the Federated States of Micronesia, he has thirteen years of experience teaching criminal law and procedure in higher education. He has authored a dozen journal articles and another dozen books, all on public law subjects.  Daniel has been married to Stacey Lynn Hall since 1991.  They live in Ross, Ohio with their daughters, Grace Kathryn and Eva Joan, and their golden retriever Atticus.

 

John P. Feldmeier earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Ohio Dominican College, J.D. from Capital University Law School, and M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Miami University.  Before joining the academy, Dr. Feldmeier practiced law in Ohio, handling several cases involving important constitutional law issues, one that reached the United States Supreme Court.  Dr. Feldmeier has several articles published on constitutional law subjects in law reviews and political science journals.  He is currently associate professor of political science at Wright State University.  John currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife, Melissa, and their two children, Emma and Jack.

 

Although easy to dismiss as abstract and disconnected from daily life, the Constitution is in reality a vital, living document that has enormous impact on the lives of every individual in the United States.  The legal questions that have resulted from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and against terrorism are reminders that the important principles of fundamental law that were expressed by the founders over two hundred years ago continue to provide the framework of governmental authority and individual liberties. 

 

This book includes the following features:

 

Ø      A discussion of both historically significant cases and contemporary problems, such as those arising from the Patriot Act, recent attempts to control child pornography, and the perennial and thorny federal/state and presidential/congressional tug-of-wars

Ø      A writing style that challenges, but does not overwhelm, undergraduate students

Ø      Comprehensive coverage of the two traditional constitutional law subjects, governmental powers and civil liberties, with the option of splitting them without loss of content or pedagogy

Ø      Excerpts of significant cases reinforce the content and to teach critical thinking and analytical skills

Ø      A feature entitled “Your Constitutional Values” that in most instances uses a local case to illustrate that constitutional problems exist in daily lives

Ø      Review questions and critical thinking and applications assignments follow each chapter

Ø      A glossary of legal terms

Ø      Appendices include the Constitution of the United States, selected statutes, selected Federalist Papers, and a description of how to conduct constitutional research

 

 

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