Jumpstart Constitutional Law: Reading and Understanding Constitutional Law Cases

Features:

• Perspective A tour of the American Constitution from a bird s-eye view.
  • Understanding threshold issues:
  • Who may decide constitutional disputes?
  • Under what circumstances may a court decide a case?
  Must the court take and answer a constitutional question in a property case?

• Identifying substantive issues:
• determining the scope of govenmental powers;
• federalism, and the relationship between federal and state powers; and,
• constitutional restraints that limit the exercise of governmental power.

• Interpreting the Constitution:
• using tests to determin the limits of power and the extent of rights;
• tools of analysis for interpreting the Constitution; and
• the role of precedent and change.

• Training real preparation for taking the Constitutional Law exam:
• a program for effective studying;
• sample constitutional law exam questions and answers; and
• exam-taking strategies.