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Focuses on four key areas: Federalism (Lopez, NY v. U.S., Term Limits, and Seminole Tribe), Equal Protection (affirmative action and voting rights), Free Speech (indecent speech in the internet, tobacco advertising and campaign money), and Religion (Religious Freedom Restoration Act, debates over the meaning of religious liberty). --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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3.4 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disaster., Mar 15 2003

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JT (Northeast USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Constitutional Law (Hardcover)

This is one of the worst law books I have ever read. It was assigned for an upper-level constitutional class. Trying to decipher what the authors are attempting to impart through the near total use of squibs as opposed to full opinions, and their own cryptic notes interspersed among snipets of the cases, is next to impossible to accomplish. In addition, their particular method of editing is intrusive and annoying. Some of the brightest minds in the country have written classic opinions on the very important subjects in this book. Why in the world Sullivan and Gunther think they can do better is beyond me given their result. Avoid this book like the plaque if at all possible.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, Oct 30 2002

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This review is from: Constitutional Law (Hardcover)

This is a classic Law school Constitutional Law case book. It's very complete, with A LOT of cases, but some useful explanations and the latest development in constitutional history.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very good casebook for a very difficult subject, Jan 17 2002

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Martin P. McCarthy (North Chili, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Constitutional Law (Hardcover)

Profs Gunther and Sullivan's casebook is an excellent casebook for Constitutional Law which is a difficult area of law professors to teach and for law students to understand.

Pros: Good case edits; excellent, almost flawless treatment of materials up until the First Amendment materials; instructive, informative, and, at times, prophetic notes to the cases.

Cons: The First Amendment Section of the book (roughly the last 500 pages) suffers at times from a thematic layout that sometimes confuses the chronological timeframes; because of the formatting of the text, the notes that follow the case are sometimes difficult to distinguish from the cases themselves and/or note cases.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tough Topic, Great Casebook
This is as good a constitutional law casebook as it gets. Nobody ever said that this area of the law is even remotely clear and easily accessible. Read more

Published on Feb 8 2001 by Yakov Zolotorev

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent casebook on Constitutional Law
Unfortunately, law school is not for everyone (see the reviews below). However, I would not lay the blame at the feet of what is an excellent casebook. Read more

Published on May 4 2000 by Chitown Reader