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Provides you with a reliable guide to constitutional law. Expert authors summarize judicial review and its limits, national legislative powers, state power in American federalism, Congress and the executive power, due process of law; equal protection, freedom of expression and religion, state action, and congressional legislation in civil rights and liberties.

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• Foreword(p. V)
• Table of Cases(p. XIX)
• Introduction: Constitutional Principles(p. 1)
• Part 1 The Allocation of Powers
• Chapter I Judicial Review and Its Limits(p. 4)
• A Foundations of Judicial Review(p. 4)
• 1 Review of Federal Actions(p. 5)
• 2 Review of State Actions(p. 9)
• B Foundations of Federal Jurisdiction(p. 10)
• 1 The Constitutional Basis of Federal Jurisdiction(p. 10)
• 2 Bases of Federal Court Jurisdiction(p. 11)
• 3 Statutory Forms of Review(p. 16)
• C Constitutional and Policy Limitations on Judicial Review(p. 17)
• 1 Constitutional Limitations(p. 18)
• a The Bar of the Eleventh Amendment(p. 18)
• b The "Case or Controversy" Requirement(p. 25)
• 2 Policy Limitations(p. 26)
• D Specific Doctrines Limiting Judicial Review(p. 28)
• 1 Who May Litigate?-The Problem of Standing(p. 29)
• a Constitutional Requirements for Standing(p. 29)
• b Federal Taxpayer Standing(p. 45)
• c Citizen Standing(p. 47)
• d Third Party Standing(p. 49)
• 2 When Can Constitutional Litigation Be Brought? The Problem of Timing(p. 53)
• a Rule Against Mootness(p. 53)
• b Ripeness, Prematurity, and Abstractness(p. 58)
• 3 What Can Be Litigated? The Political Question Doctrine(p. 61)
• Chapter II National Legislative Powers(p. 68)
• A Scope of Congressional Power(p. 68)
• B The Commerce Power(p. 72)
• 1 Establishing the Foundations(p. 72)
• 2 Using the Commerce Clause for Police Power Ends(p. 74)
• 3 The Stream of Commerce(p. 76)
• 4 The Affectation Doctrine(p. 78)
• C The Taxing Power(p. 92)
• D The Spending Power(p. 93)
• E Intergovernmental Immunities(p. 98)
• Chapter III State Power in American Federalism(p. 110)
• A State Power to Regulate Commerce(p. 113)
• 1 The Nature of the Power(p. 113)
• 2 The Subject of the Regulation: The Cooley Doctrine(p. 114)
• 3 The Modern Approach: The Balancing of Interests(p. 115)
• a Discrimination: Purpose, Means, Effects(p. 116)
• b Undue Burdens-Ad Hoc Balancing(p. 131)
• 4 State as Market Participant(p. 135)
• 5 Interstate Privileges and Immunities(p. 139)
• B When Congress Speaks(p. 144)
• 1 Preemption(p. 144)
• 2 Legitimization(p. 146)
• Chapter IV Congress and the Executive Power(p. 148)
• A The Domestic Arena(p. 151)
• 1 Executive Lawmaking(p. 151)
• 2 Executive Impoundment(p. 153)
• 3 Delegation, the Legislative Veto, and the Line Item Veto(p. 155)
• 4 Appointment and Removal(p. 163)
• 5 Separation of Powers Generally(p. 167)
• B The Foreign Arena(p. 168)
• 1 Allocating the Foreign Relations Power(p. 169)
• 2 Treaties and Executive Agreements(p. 171)
• 3 Allocating the War Power(p. 175)
• C Promoting Executive Responsibility(p. 177)
• 1 Executive Privilege(p. 177)
• 2 Executive Immunity(p. 180)
• Part 2 Individual Rights and Liberties
• Chapter V Due Process of Law(p. 189)
• A The Process of Incorporation(p. 189)
• B Substantive Due Process(p. 192)
• 1 Traditional Substantive Due Process(p. 192)
• a The Early Rise and Demise of Economic Due Process(p. 193)
• b Economic Regulation: Substantive Due Process Today(p. 198)
• c The Takings Alternative(p. 201)
• 2 Substantive Due Process Revisited: Fundamental Personal Rights(p. 211)
• a In General(p. 211)
• b Contraception, Abortion and Sodomy(p. 215)
• c Marital and Familial Rights(p. 238)
• d Right to Care and Protection(p. 245)
• e The Right to Refuse Treatment(p. 248)
• f No Right to Assisted Suicide(p. 250)
• g Other Fundamental Rights(p. 253)
• C Procedural Due Process(p. 253)
• 1 Life, Liberty and Property Interests(p. 254)
• a Property Interests(p. 255)
• b Liberty Interests(p. 257)
• 2 The Process That Is Due(p. 262)
• Chapter VI Equal Protection(p. 274)
• A Traditional Equal Protection(p. 276)
• B The New Equal Protection(p. 285)
• 1 Classifying Traits(p. 285)
• a Race and Ethnic Origins(p. 293)
• b Alienage: The "Sometimes Suspect" Classification(p. 320)
• c Gender Classification: Intermediate Review(p. 323)
• d Illegitimacy Classification: Intermediate Review(p. 337)
• e Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Preference(p. 340)
• f Other Bases of Classification(p. 344)
• 2 Fundamental Rights(p. 345)
• a Interstate Travel(p. 347)
• b Marriage and Family Life(p. 351)
• c Voting(p. 352)
• d Access to Justice(p. 362)
• e The Limits of Fundamental Rights(p. 368)
• Chapter VII Freedom of Expression(p. 373)
• A The Basic Doctrine(p. 373)
• 1 The Rationale of Speech Protection(p. 373)
• 2 A Doctrinal Overview(p. 376)
• a Content Control v. Indirect Burdens(p. 376)
• b Vagueness and Overbreadth(p. 382)
• c The Doctrine of Prior Restraint(p. 386)
• 3 The Clear and Present Danger Doctrine(p. 390)
• 4 Symbolic Conduct(p. 396)
• 5 Freedom of Association and Belief(p. 404)
• a The Source of the Right(p. 404)
• b Membership and Associational Action(p. 405)
• c Group Registration and Disclosure(p. 408)
• d Public Benefits and Government Employment(p. 410)
• e The Right Not to Associate-Compelled Speech(p. 413)
• B The Doctrine Applied(p. 423)
• 1 Expression in the Local Forum(p. 423)
• a Controlling Speech Content: Inciting, Provocative and Offensive Language(p. 424)
• b Access to Public Property-The Public Forum(p. 435)
• c Access to Private Property(p. 447)
• d Licensing, Permits and Injunctions(p. 452)
• 2 Commercial Speech(p. 455)
• a From Valentine to Virginia Pharmacy(p. 455)
• b The Advent of the Central Hudson Test(p. 458)
• c Lawyer Advertising(p. 467)
• 3 Defamation and Privacy(p. 471)
• a Rise of the Public Law of Defamation(p. 471)
• b The Modern Public Law of Defamation(p. 474)
• c Identifying the Public Figure Plaintiff(p. 478)
• d The Public Law of Privacy(p. 480)
• 4 Obscenity and Indecency(p. 485)
• 5 Freedom of the Press(p. 505)
• a Newsgathering(p. 506)
• b Public Access to the Media(p. 514)
• 6 Speech in the Electoral Process(p. 522)
• 7 Government-Funded Speech(p. 539)
• Chapter VIII Freedom of Religion(p. 545)
• A The Establishment Clause(p. 546)
• 1 Public Aid to Religion(p. 548)
• 2 Religion in the Schools(p. 560)
• 3 Establishment Outside the Schools(p. 571)
• B Free Exercise of Religion(p. 582)
• Chapter IX State Action(p. 596)
• A Introduction(p. 596)
• B Framing the State Action Doctrine(p. 597)
• C Finding State Action(p. 601)
• 1 Public Functions(p. 602)
• 2 Significant Involvement/Joint Participation(p. 605)
• 3 Encouragement, Authorization and Approval(p. 608)
• Chapter X Congressional Legislation in Aid of Civil Rights and Liberties(p. 618)
• A Sources of Congressional Power(p. 618)
• B Enforcing the Thirteenth Amendment(p. 619)
• C Enforcing the Fourteenth Amendment(p. 622)
• 1 Congress' Remedial Powers(p. 622)
• 2 Congress' Substantive Powers(p. 623)
• 3 Reaching Private Conduct(p. 634)
• D Enforcing the Fifteenth Amendment(p. 636)
• Index(p. 639)