Constitutional Interpretation
- ISBN-10
- 0534527132
- ISBN-13
- 9780534527136
- Series
- Constitutional Interpretation
- Category
- Constitutional law
- Pages
- 1410
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Company
- Author
- Craig R. Ducat
Description
This text provides a classic, comprehensive, authoritative approach to constitutional law. Volume I (Chapters 1-6) focuses on federal rights and powers and is appropriate for the first semester in the two-semester course sequence in Constitutional Law. Still the comprehensive casebook that has proven itself in the classroom, this new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest court cases.
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- 2008-02-29
- 992 pages
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- 2007-07-05
- 218 pages
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- 2007-06-27
- 201 pages
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