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An Integrated Approach to Constitutional Law, 2d

Primary Author(s): Caplan, Aaron H.


This groundbreaking casebook is ideal for introductory Constitutional Law courses of 3–5 units that teach both structure and rights. Its novel approach presents constitutional law as a coherent system, not as isolated doctrines in silos. The book integrates subjects ordinarily taught in Con Law I and II; it integrates historical and doctrinal approaches; it integrates features of a casebook and a study guide; and it presents each case as an integrated whole, so that students learn relationships among doctrines while studying the details of each. Its tone is accessible, while its structure allows for sophisticated classroom discussion. A detailed teacher's manual and companion web site offer charts, slides, graphics, and additional source materials, significantly enhancing accessibility for first-time adopters.

» Casebook Website: www.CaplanIntegratedConLaw.com




Family Law, 6th

Primary Author(s): Areen, Judith C.


The concise edition continues the long tradition of innovation for which this casebook is widely known and prized. This new-style edition delivers an up-to-date overview of U.S. family law that weaves together a thoughtfully edited blend of black-letter rules, policy, narrative, history, and transnational sources, with theory judiciously sprinkled throughout. The resulting mix is a casebook that introduces the full range of family law topics in a manner that is direct, unadorned, accessible, and distinctively teachable. This edition is ideal for instructing students on major highways of the field, with materials that capture and convey their dynamism, interest, and future directions.

» Casebook Website: www.ASTFamilyLaw.com




Law and Religion, Cases and Materials, 4th

Primary Author(s): Griffin, Leslie C.


The fourth edition was updated to include important new Supreme Court cases on governmental prayer, reproductive healthcare rights, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and same-sex marriage. The fourth edition continues the book's interdisciplinary approach to law and religion, its student-friendly notes and questions, and its inclusion of numerous non-Supreme Court cases from a variety of state, federal, and international courts. The chapters were reorganized to highlight the impact of the Court's most recent cases on the subject matter of law and religion. The first six chapters provide the foundational information about free exercise, establishment, and RFRA.

» Casebook Website: www.GriffinLawandReligion.com




Patt v. Donner: A Simulated Casefile for Learning Civil Procedure

Primary Author(s): Multiple Authors


Our simulated casefile is intended to help civil procedure students put the course in context as they study, by requiring them to follow, and help draft the pleadings, as a simulated case unfolds from the first day of the semester to the last. On day 1 students watch a fourteen-minute You Tube™ video of an initial client interview. Paula Patt, a newly arrived graduate student in anthropology at UC Berkeley has been denied an apartment; she suspects it’s because she’s a single mother. Over the course of the semester students participate in drafting her complaint and seeking a TRO; switch sides to help complete motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim and lack of personal jurisdiction; switch back to amend the complaint, move for a protective order, and oppose a motion to intervene filed by the local fair housing group; and conclude the term with jury voir dire and, in the final week, participation in a settlement negotiation.

» Casebook Website: www.CivilProcedureCaseFile.com




Practicing Bioethics Law

Primary Author(s): Griffin, Leslie C.


Practicing Bioethics Law provides basic readings in the field of bioethics law, including court cases, statutes, administrative regulations, briefs, and law review and other academic articles. The text presents theoretical debates about the latest bioethical subjects as well as practice-based materials that expose students to a wide range of possible bioethics-related careers. The book's companion website provides practice documents, videos, pictures, scientific materials and other information that is too complex to include in a traditional casebook. The authors combined the book and the website so readers could learn more about the practice of bioethics law at the same time they are beginning to understand the theory and content of bioethics law.

» Casebook Website: www.PracticingBioethicsLaw.com



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