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Constitutional Law: Cases, History, And Dialogues, 3rd Edition, William Araiza, Phoebe Haddon, Dorothy Roberts Nov 2011

Constitutional Law: Cases, History, And Dialogues, 3rd Edition, William Araiza, Phoebe Haddon, Dorothy Roberts

Phoebe A. Haddon

One of this book's distinguishing features is its series of Dialogues in which the authors debate issues relevant to the cases. In the Dialogues the authors engage both each other and the cases, and in doing so reveal their own and the Justices' methodological, ideological, and policy assumptions. Students benefit from having this information as they form their own opinions about the doctrine. The Dialogues also provide a starting point for more insightful class discussions, by presenting the material in the context of the authors' viewpoints.


First Amendment Law: Cases, Comparative Perspectives, And Dialogues, Donald Lively, William Araiza, Phoebe Haddon, John Knechtle, Dorothy Roberts Nov 2011

First Amendment Law: Cases, Comparative Perspectives, And Dialogues, Donald Lively, William Araiza, Phoebe Haddon, John Knechtle, Dorothy Roberts

Phoebe A. Haddon

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A Constitutional Law Anthology, 2d Edition, Michael Glennon, Donald Lively, Phoebe Haddon, Dorothy Roberts, Russell Weaver Nov 2011

A Constitutional Law Anthology, 2d Edition, Michael Glennon, Donald Lively, Phoebe Haddon, Dorothy Roberts, Russell Weaver

Phoebe A. Haddon

No abstract provided.


Pennsylvania Constitutional Conventions: Discarding The Myths, John Gedid Sep 2011

Pennsylvania Constitutional Conventions: Discarding The Myths, John Gedid

John L. Gedid

No abstract provided.


America's First Wiretapping Controversy In Context And As Context, Wesley Oliver Dec 2010

America's First Wiretapping Controversy In Context And As Context, Wesley Oliver

Wesley M Oliver

No abstract provided.


Should Pennsylvania Amend Its Constitution? The Pennsylvania Bar Association Considers Calls For Reform, John Gedid Dec 2010

Should Pennsylvania Amend Its Constitution? The Pennsylvania Bar Association Considers Calls For Reform, John Gedid

John L. Gedid

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Money And Rights, Deborah Hellman Dec 2010

Money And Rights, Deborah Hellman

Deborah Hellman

This article looks at when constitutionally protected rights are interpreted by courts to include a concomitant right to spend money to effectuate the underlying right and when they are not. It concludes that there are two strands in our constitutional law: the Integral Strand, in which a right includes the right to spend money and the Blocked Strand, in which it does not.


Prosecution Without Representation, Douglas L. Colbert Dec 2010

Prosecution Without Representation, Douglas L. Colbert

Douglas L. Colbert

Nearly 50 years after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright established indigent defendants' constitutional right to counsel, poor people throughout the country still remain without a lawyer when first appearing before a judicial officer who determines pretrial liberty or bail. Absent counsel, low-income defendants unable to afford bail remain in jail for periods ranging from 3-70 days until assigned counsel appears in-court. Examining Walter Rothgery's wrongful prosecution, the article includes a national survey that informs readers about the limited right to counsel at the initial appearance and the extent of delay in each of the 50 states. …


Teaching Controversial Topics, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid Dec 2010

Teaching Controversial Topics, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid

Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid

At the 2009 Future of Family Law Education conference at the William Mitchell School of Law, the authors participated in a panel discussing strategies for teaching controversial topics, which focused on teaching reproductive rights and related gender issues. This essay collects some of the strategies discussed at the conference. First we address what constitutes a “controversial” legal topic, outlining the several different ways in which a topic might be or become controversial within the context of a particular class. Next, we discuss the importance of laying the groundwork, throughout the semester, for the anticipated—and unanticipated— discussions surrounding controversial topics and …