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The Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history over the thirteen years since publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Two new justices have joined the high court, more than 800 cases have been decided, and a good deal of new scholarship has appeared on many of the topics treated in the Companion. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, and the Court as a whole played a decisive and controversial role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. Under Rehnquists's leadership, a bare majority of the justices have rewritten significant areas of the law dealing with federalism, sovereign immunity, and the commerce power. This new edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused. These developments make the second edition of this accessible and authoritative guide essential for judges, lawyers, academics, journalists, and anyone interested in the impact of the Court's decisions on American society.
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The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States.......2007-08-01
I bought this as a reference work, but I have found that it is a good read, also. Discussions of cases go into the details of what the issues of each case were, what the decision of the majority and minority of the court was, and the reasoning behind the decision. It also gives a clear understanding of the place of the Supreme Court in American government and life. This is a must for those who wish to understand the Supreme Court and how it came to be what it is now.
An excellent reference.......2006-06-03
It is difficult to say whether the contentious atmosphere that currently exists regarding the legal opinions of the Supreme Court is greater than any other time in the history of the United States. There have been times, especially during the Civil War and World War I when the Supreme Court raised the ire of many a citizen. Some of the "activist" justices, as some of them are now called, could perhaps be designated as "activist light" if compared with some of the justices of the past. This book gives ample evidence for this comparison, but also gives information on a wide variety of legal issues that the Supreme Court has had to deal with throughout its history. It would probably not be read from cover to cover, but instead serves as a general reference for those readers who are not and do not intend to become legal scholars, but are curious as to the reasoning patterns deployed by the justices who sat on the Court. Readers who are approaching this subject for the first time will find many surprises about the Court, both in the opinions expressed by the judges and in their personal histories and backgrounds. It is fair to say that legal opinions are guided predominantly by the historical context in which they are put forth, and this claim seems to gain more substantiation as more articles in this book are read and studied.
One of the more surprising things to learn from this book is that the Supreme Court never really considered free speech issues with the First Amendment until as late as 1919, in Schenck v. United States. This case is also discussed in this book, and revolves around Charles Schenck, who was general secretary of the Socialist party of the time. Schenck and a few other defendants were convicted with a violation of the 1917 Espionage Act by conspiring to obstruct military recruiting and enlistment via the circulation of pamphlet. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the unanimous opinion for the court ruling against Schenck and defendants and thus upholding their conviction. This case was the first time the famous statement of "crying fire in a public theatre" was used to restrict an "absolutist" interpretation of the First Amendment. It could also be viewed as an example of how even legal authorities, who are supposed to be calm and rational during emergencies or times of war, can succumb to the pressures of the times (in this case the pre- and post-war hysteria of World War I) and not be able to divorce themselves from their past personal histories (Holmes himself was wounded three times while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War). The Holmes Court effectively said that the First Amendment is not to be taken literally, and if speech presents a "clear and present danger" then governmental agencies have the right to punish the purveyors of this speech. Free speech issues dominant legal discussions at the present time, and the legal standing of "hate speech" is discussed in an article in this book. One can find solace in knowing that the Supreme Court has not found "hate speech" to be prohibited by the Constitution, despite attempts of many groups to justify its prohibition by appeals to constitutional law. The article on "hate speech" discusses some of these cases and gives a few references.
Without doubt the most despicable legal decision ever put forth by the Supreme Court was the case Scott v. Sandford in 1857. Known famously as the `Dred Scott Case', it is characterized in this book as one of the most important cases in American constitutional law. The decision essentially said that blacks are not citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal courts. In addition, slaves were "property" that was "protected" by the Constitution. Naturally, and justifiably from a moral standpoint, the decision provoked hostile reaction against the Court, and the justices who ruled against Scott clearly were "activist heavy". In reference to the Dred Scott decision, the abolitionist William Garrison was justified in his statement that the Constitution was a "a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell."
The case Roe v. Wade is also discussed at length in this book, as expected. It will be interesting to see whether this case is overturned in the near future. If it is it might be because of a kind of `legal fatigue' that seems to be setting in dialog about the case. The arguments both for and against Roe v. Wade are repeated over and over again and have become almost platitudes. Rather than being a complicated Constitutional issue, is seems that the legal reasoning surrounding Roe v. Wade has become desiccated and has exhausted itself, offering no further insights or justifications for privacy.
Massive tome on the Supreme Court........2005-10-07
_The Oxford Companion to the United States Supreme Court of the United States_ (Kermit Hall, ed.) is a massive tome containing a vast swath of information: cases, traditions, theories of constitutional interpretations, historical events, and biographies of all of the Supreme Court Justices. It has the same material (word for word) as Kermit Hall's _The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions_ but this is much more worthwhile reference work because it contains more contextual material than the cases themselves. This book is by no means exhaustive, but it provides a very informative overview of what the Supreme Court has been up to for the past two hundred years and the very different personalities serving on the body.
A worthy companion.......2005-09-29
As the nation prepares to welcome the seventeenth Chief Justice, this book is a wonderful guide to the processes of the least 'media-exposed' branch of the federal government and its highest institution, the Supreme Court.
This book has many handy features for researchers and general enthusiasts. There are brief biographies - personal, professional and judicial - of each of the Chief Justices and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court (there have been 108 in all, with 113 appointments, as 5 Associate Justices have later been appointed as Chief Justice) together with pictures of each. There are synopses of over 400 of the most pivotal cases in the history of the Supreme Court (Marbury v. Madison, Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, even Bush v. Gore from the year 2000) - each of these cases is presented with voting record (who wrote the opinion, who concurred, who dissented, and who wrote additional opinions) as well as the pertinent issues in the cases and the implications of the decisions.
This is a very comprehensive guide. There are essays on key issues that are very thorough - for example, the essay on 'Federalism' is an eleven page entry that includes general political principles as well as court work. There are essays on each Article of the Constitution as well as each of the Amendments. One of the longest entries is the essay on 'History of the Court', subdivided into major chronological sections - this is one of the best, brief encapsulations of the history of the high court and how it is has made an impacted (and in turn been influenced by) society that I have read. There are also entries on the physical structures of the court - the essay on the building gives an historical overview of where and in what setting the court has met, and minor entries include features of the current building (for example, there is a short entry entitled 'Barber Shop', which talks about the facility for Justices and male employees of the court to get a haircut - it mentions nothing of where O'Connor, Ginsburg or the female court employees might get their hair done). One also learns that there is a basketball court in the gymnasium of the Supreme Court, but that basketball is prohibited while the court is in session, as the dribbling balls can be heard in the court chamber.
There are also entries on key judicial concepts. The concept of Constitutional Interpretation is something that many people take for granted, but is in fact an continually changing methodology. There are Common Law concepts such as the Writ of Mandamus and Writ of Certiorari (each have an entry) as well as the more structured Writ of Habeas Corpus. One also discovers here that 'Mootness' is a word.
There are several appendices that are also handy features. The first appendix, appropriately, is the full text of the Constitution. The second appendix lays out the nominations, terms and succession of the Justices in several ways, including an interesting graphical representation organised alongside presidential terms, as well another chronology that shows number of days without a full court appointed (when we imagine that a few months is a long time to go in the nomination and approval process, we can see that from 1843 to 1846, there were 965 days without a full court).
For trivia buffs, appendix three is a fun piece - there is a listing of the trivia and traditions of the court, divided into 'Firsts' and more general 'Trivia'. Too bad it doesn't list why Chief Justice Rehnquist wore stripes on his sleeves as Chief Justice! Perhaps that is an update for the third edition.
This is a book with great information, as well as a good deal of spirit and wit. It is a valuable addition to any library.
A companion readers can't do without.......2005-08-16
Since its initial publication in 1992, The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States has served as a valuable resource on the history of the Court. With articles on the justices, their key decisions, legal philosophies, and even aspects of Court life, the Companion has been an indispensable addition for anyone interested in American law or the history of the Court.
With the passage of time, though, the need for an update taking into account subsequent cases and topics has only grown. This need has now been met with the second edition, which includes new articles on a variety of topics, and revision of many of the earlier ones. While a few mistakes were missed (the entry on Supreme Court clerks, for example, was not updated to include Stephen Breyer among the names of the justices who previously served as clerks) and while the bibliographies at the end of each article have only been indifferently updated (while the entry on William O. Douglas includes Bruce Allen Murphy's recent biography, the one on Benjamin Cardozo includes neither of the important books written about him over the past decade), the overall result is a work of continuing utility for readers and scholars alike.
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This is a casebook that covers all the major aspects of federal courts and the law of federal-sate relations.
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Federal courts are not allowed to intervene in a legal dispute indiscriminately. This authoritative text lays out the constitutional source of federal authority and the limits to its application, focusing on federal questions and diversity. Jurisdictional problems and jurisdictional amount are discussed, as well as admiralty, sovereign immunity, abstention, injunctions against suit, and civil rights removal. Also includes coverage of three-judge courts, trial location, and the law applicable in federal courts.
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one helpful commercial outline.......2007-06-01
I'm not a big commercial outline user--I only used them in two classes during law school--Civil Procedure (Examples and Explanations) and Federal Courts. My professor was an old U. Chi. grad, and had Currie for Federal Courts when he was in law school, so he liked this book and it tracked our class discussions pretty well. Currie's writing is clear, and TO THE POINT. That's one thing I liked best about this one. I would recommend it over Chemerinsky's Federal Jurisdiction, which I also looked at. Federal Jurisdiction has more detail (in terms of particular case discussion) but I didn't think it had much more substance (at least what law students need and can comprehend) than Currie's Nutshell. This is one I recommend.
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No one is better placed or qualified to call for the impeachment of George W. Bush than Elizabeth Holtzman. She is a former Congresswoman and Brooklyn District Attorney who was a vital member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.
In The Impeachment of George W. Bush, Holtzman and her coauthor, acclaimed journalist Cynthia L. Cooper, have written a clear, lucid and damning legal brief that reveals that the 43rd President of the United States of America has committed high crimes and misdemeanors.
This book focuses on four articles of impeachment: The Offense of Wiretapping Surveillance in Defiance of the Law; the Offence of Lying and Inducing America to Support a War; The Offense of Reckless Indifference to the Lives and Welfare of American Troops; The Offense of Torture in Violation of U.S. Laws and Treaties. It also provides an invaluable guide to how citizens can get involved in campaigning for impeachment, as well as an important historical analysis of impeachments past. The publication of this book is a summons to action in this process.
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Me thinks I detect flop sweat.......2007-07-06
"Justthefactsmaam" seems to have his undies in bunch. Gee...I wonder why? Could it be that his neocon wet dream is going down in flames? The shame of it is that that the delusions of those filling George's empty head have done such harm to our country. Like that cockroaches that knowingly skitter across the floor when the exterminator enters the room, Just and his friends need to crawl back into that dark moist hole of theirs and await the inevitable fumigation. Breath deep, Just...it will be over before you know it.
Pabulum for Ideological Infants.......2007-06-28
This book is not so much a valid case for impeachment as it is a leftist, liberal propaganda piece that completely ignores `the rest of the story'. The reason that the Democrat controlled House and Senate is not pursuing impeachment is because Democrat Strategists know that the process will only exonerate the president and they are better off leaving it as is, with so many gullible liberals actually believing the insipid nonsense continually cranked out by the leftist propaganda machine.
In the opening lines of the preface the authors make it clear that they have no intention of being honest when they say about the "wiretapping" of people on American soil making phone calls to known terrorists, "...the president declared that it was within his power to authorize the program, despite the law".
"Despite the law"? The authors failed to acknowledge the simple fact that there is a lot of grey area on this subject and according to some constitutional experts the president is breaking no law. ""I think there's a very powerful case that the president has independent authority" to order surveillance without a warrant, said Robert Turner, a University of Virginia professor who specializes in national security law."
The deceit continues with nearly an entire chapter on the Watergate break-in even though there is no valid comparison whatsoever to any actions by President Bush. There was more deception with the claim that Starr was recommending, "Congress undertake an impeachment inquiry - not into Whitewater - but into President Clinton's sexual involvement with a twenty something White House intern, and later government employee, Monica Lewinsky." (p.21)
Not quite, ladies, it had little to do with the sex itself and everything to do with `obstruction of justice' and `lying to the Grand Jury'. But your leftist liberal audience of ideological zombies will lap this stuff up. The truth counts for nothing with that bunch.
The nonsense continues on page 30 with the claim that, "The impeachable offense does not have to be a crime". Oh really? Says who? Oh, you debated this in a judiciary committee and came to this firm conclusion. Ipso facto, it's constitutional! Sorry...I am not buying it, and I doubt Congress would either.
The authors make an entire book out of discussing the following false claims pp. 34-35;
* "The president deceived Congress and the people in taking the country to war in Iraq"
While there may be plenty of dupes in congress the president did not deceive intelligent, aware, discerning people like me. Besides the fact that virtually every intelligence group in the world knew that Saddam had WMDs, and the fact that WMDs like SARIN and mustard gas were found, Saddam's Air Force General himself, General Georges Sada, tells the story of what happened to most of the chemical weapons. Also the case was at least three-fold as made before the UN by the US Secretary of State. The res 1441 violations alone were sufficient justification for the invasion.
* "The president directed an illegal domestic wiretapping program and other surveillance of Americans."
It has not been proven to be illegal. To claim that it was illegal is deceptive at best. You can say that your pal, Fred, thinks it is illegal. You cannot state outright that it is illegal without straining credulity.
*"The president permitted and condoned the use of torture or cruel treatment of detainees."
On p.126 the authors claim that, "Once allegations of torture and cruel and degrading treatment came to the president's attention, he failed to demand a complete and thorough investigation...." I don't think these authors have a reasonable perspective on this situation. Do you really think putting bags on people's heads and making them sit around naked with dogs barking at them is "torture"? Compared to what the Americans tortured at the Hanoi Hilton had to endure, do you really think that is "torture"? I don't think so.
* "The president showed reckless indifference to human life in the face of Hurricane Katrina and in equipping U.S. Soldiers and planning for the occupation of Iraq."
The authors show reckless indifference to logic and clarity of thought with this pointless blather. The mayor and governor were the first and foremost responsible parties for responding to the hurricane Katrina disaster and it was their incompetence that made that mess. After that it is FEMAs job to help out. It is NOT the job of the president of the entire country to get closely involved with natural disaster response and cleanup. The soldiers going into Iraq were the best equipped army in history and while the Iraq occupation has not gone perfectly it can hardly be called reckless.
*"The president tried to cover up his war deceptions with the leak of misleading classified information, an act that became entangled with the outing of a CIA agent, a possible crime."
And publishing this sort of idiotic nonsense is a possible crime. Not only is the president allowed to release classified information, it is part of his job! The so called "entangling with the outing of a CIA agent" was mostly the work of yellow journalistic rags masquerading as `news'papers trying to pin it on Karl Rove when in reality it appears that it ultimately ended up being the work of a democrat columnist, Robert Novak.
Writing like "The Impeachment of GWB" is little more than pabulum for ideological infants. If your brain lacks the mental teeth required to intellectually masticate the truth, this book is for you.
An Honorable Solution.......2007-01-09
The authors have performed a valuable service for all United States citizens especially for all members of Congress who seem to fear the word, "impeachment", a word that should be considered the holiest word in the Constitution of the United States. The authors list in detail the high crimes and misdemeanors committed by President George H. Bush and Vice President Cheney. This is a solid guide book for the House of Reprentatives
that can save months of unnecessary research for a "smoking gun" and hopefully save thousands of lives in Iraq.
A journey in wishful thinking........2007-01-03
Probably one of the most well laid out books on the topic you'll find. Definitely a must-read, if only for the cogent rap-sheet presented on a paranoid president. It also does a fine job outlining the impeachment process based on Holtzman's experience with Nixon.
Where the book falls short is in the following two areas:
1) We're thankfully down to the last two years of the Bush administration. Is that enough time to develop a groundswell of action? The Democrats only recently won over a majority in the House and they only barely have a lead in the Senate. Can they organize that quickly? Bush will be out of office before there is another election. That's not to say we shouldn't try, but I'm worried.
2) Is impeachment enough?
2-a. There is no punishment associated with impeachment save being forced to step down. Some would say that is sufficient given that stepping down from the Oval Office is quite a long step. I say, ask the three thousand men and women who died under false pretenses in Iraq. Those people are dead, and that's a lot worse than a little public humiliation.
2-b. There is insufficient preventive measure associated with mere impeachment. If Nixon had been impeached and then, say, hanged, perhaps Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld might have thought twice about invading a country under false pretenses. But he resigned before he could be impeached and after that his Veep pardoned him, denying us justice for all time. And because of that, Bush et al. felt they had carte blanche to trample on the lives of 3,000 men and women with their military hobby horse.
2-c. I feel it is time to think about rewriting the portion of the Constitution that defines the office of the president. We've had quite a run of deceit coming from that office since the Eisenhower Years, especially as it results the waging of war. Consider Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs. Consider Kennedy and Vietnam. Consider Johnson and the Tonkin Gulf. Nixon's malfeasance is already well-documented in Holtzman's book. But then we get Ford and the Mayaguez Incident and Reagan and the Iran Contra affair. And now we have Bush and Iraq and his ficticious WMDs. 58,000 American men and women died in Vietnam and countless Vietnamese soldiers and civilians. We just crossed the 3,000 KIA threshhold in Iraq and the body count among Iraqi promises to greatly exceed that number. Oval Office deceit is tantamount to mass murder. We need a way to reign in cowboyism in the White House. A revision of the Constitution that puts real-time checks and balances on the president is the only way. Show me how you'd put your fine constitutional law skills to that task, Ms. Holtzman.
I'm giving her book a five-star rating because it was so well done, and impeachment is certainly a necessary first-step. Besides it's the only tool we have at present. But Ms. Holtzman, your work is not done.
--Ejner Fulsang, author of "A Knavish Piece of Work," Aarhus Publishing, 2006
Holtzman provides substantial and sober arguments for impreachment .......2006-11-17
Elizabeth Holtzman presents a calm, well-reasoned and substantial argument for the impeachment of George W. Bush. I wish every citizen -- and every political leader -- would read and seriously consider her analysis.
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Wake Me When It Is Over.......2003-07-09
I do not think I have ever taken this much time to read such a short book. At least it seamed to me that it took a long time. It was like walking up a never-ending hill. The only reason I kept plodding along is that I was interested in the overall outcome. What I am trying to say is that the book is dull. It is also that the subject is a bit on the non-sexy side so coupled with the authors "mathematics textbook" style of writing, it made a little book into something close to the Battan death march. Ok, I may be overstating it a bit, after all I did work my way through the book. The one good thing I can say is that the first half of the book was far better then the second half. How the author turned his already dull prose into something that was almost life threatening I will never know.
With all this said there were some parts of the book that gave me some insight on how legislation works its way along the process. The part I thought was most interesting is all the groups that stick their hands into the bill. People with what appeared to me to have almost no or little effects from the bill got involved and tried to get their two cents in. Plus all the back handed and obstructionist activities made me wonder how anything gets done in Washington. Overall the book was dull, but did offer a tour of what it takes to get a bill passed. There has to be better books out there on the topic, I just do not know what they are.
Eh...bleh..........2002-10-28
The story itself isn't a very interesting or informative one. The author tries to end chapters with a catchy phrase that is cynical/humorous/meaningful, but they rarely come off well. Journalistic style, if you like reading a 250 page news article, then you'll love it, but if you have a hard enough time getting through the lead of a front page article in the "New York Time," then don't bother.
pretty good.......1999-08-24
Steven Waldman does an excellent job of explaining the substantive issues surrounding the national service bill and its corollary, student aid reform, and showing how conflicting ideals were reconciled or submerged. The detail gets a bit tedious in the last chapter, but the book does live up to its subtitle. Johnson & Broder's "The System," about the 1994 health care reform campaign, is a longer but more exciting book along the same lines.
Great insight into all that happens in Congress and why.......1999-04-19
Great look at all the inside games that must take place for a bill to pass Congress. Who switches sides, who you can trust, who stabs whom in the back at the last moment. Any AmeriCorps member should read this to get a perspective of all that went into creating the program that you were a part of. Made me realize why things are the way they are in a program that has stived to do so much for our country and the young people in it.
Book like politics: fun, leaves empty space in stomach.......1998-06-15
A well written book, exhaustive, sometimes boring. Lots of detail. Gives a very good look at politics, at how power, money, sinecure and ego all come together to get a bill passed. Shows that politics is 90% money and 10% intention. Lobbyists, senators and businessmen get together to divvy up the loot. Clinton is shown as a smart operator who attempts to play to the largest possible audience and still stay true to his beliefs/ethics/ideals.
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Written by leading scholars, each title in the "Introduction to Law" series contains comprehensive treatment in black-letter style. Featuring footnotes citing to case law, statutory and other authorities, these volumes are ideal for in-depth research on particular issues and points of law.
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essential resource.......2006-05-07
If you plan on taking Federal Courts, get this book. Even if you are a genius or a masochist and would prefer to go hard-core and use only Hart and Wechsler, get this book anyway. Seriously, just get it. :-)
Every law student should have a copy........2005-02-27
I'm a very average law student, and my federal courts class was stacked with the top 2nd and 3rd year students in my school. Despite this, I got the highest grade in the class. The reason...this book.
Chemerinsky is able to take a complicated topic that takes 50 pages of a textbook to explain, and summarize it in a single paragraph.
This single most impressive book I have encountered in 3 years of law school. And if you plan to practice in the federal court system, this book is essential. Buy it.
An invaluable resource for Federal Courts.......2004-06-28
All of the thousands of law school study guides tout themselves as a means of breaking down the often complex material for students. Unfortunately, however, few are able to accomplish that goal, as the study guides themselves are often almost as large as the casebooks and do little to demystify law school courses. Chemerinsky's text is a refreshing change, as his Federal Jurisdiction hornbook helps you understand what is universally seen as the hardest course in law school, Federal Courts.
Federal Courts is such a difficult class because of the sheer complexity of the material. Sadly, many students, me included, are forced to use Hart and Wechsler's Federal Courts casebook which is itself very difficult to learn from (for reasons I discuss in my review of that book). Many casebooks try to go over too much: they spend time on general principles, certainly, but often get caught up in discussing every single case with some relevance to the course, with less focus on hammering down an understanding of the general principles. Hart and Wechsler is a prime example of this. Their casebook is difficult to digest because there is so much to learn. Their endnotes are filled to the brim with hundreds of cases, many of which are unnecessary to obtain a general understanding of the course. And let's be honest, while these cases might be vital for aspiring future clerks taking Federal Courts, not all of us are clerking for the D.C. Circuit anytime soon.
Chemerinsky's hornbook very adequately solves this problem. Of all of the study guides and hornbooks I have perused in law school, Chemerinsky's book helped guide me the most, in what is the hardest class I have taken. In well-defined sections, Chemerinsky breaks down the daunting Federal Courts in a manner that is easy to read and ultimately understand. Chemerinsky clearly as well as concisely lays out a framework for each of the key bedrock principles of Federal Courts and federal jurisdiction without getting caught up in going over every possible case with implications for federal courts. Chemerinsky does discuss the key exceptions as well as minor cases, but they flow very well with his general discussions of the base material of Federal Courts. His book, therefore, was extremely easy to absorb and helped me immensely in understanding Federal Courts.
I was often bewildered and perplexed by the material discussed in Hart and Wechsler and in class lectures. Chemerinsky's book tore down much of my confusion by helping me focus on the key concepts of Federal Courts, and not getting lost in the forest of cases delineated by the casebook and by my professor. I strongly recommend that any student taking Federal Courts buy this book. It is invaluable to learning the course. You would be doing yourself a disservice if you did not take a look at Chemerinsky.
Nice reference tool.......2004-06-22
As usual, Chemerinsky provides a clear and concise summary of this area of law. Practitioners and law students alike will find it to be a valuable reference tool. Like his treatise on Constitutional law, Chemerinsky has a unique ability to briefly encapsulate lengthy and sometimes conflicting Supreme Court precedent. I read it as a practitioner, but I'm sure law students will find it to be a helpful, though expensive supplement.
The book does fail in maintaining any semblance of objectivity when it comes to the scope of federal judicial power. Although arguments are mechanically given for both sides of an issue, one gets the impression that Chemerinsky, in his weaker moments, would love to get rid of the 11th Amendment, standing requirements, amount in controversy requirements, and any other obstacle to a federal court's ability to hear a case.
Helping you through Fed. Courts.......2002-11-02
This book was a great help to me getting through Federal Courts in addition to my textbook. As any law student can tell you, Federal Courts or Federal Jurisdiction probably outranks civil procedure as the most dreaded class at law school. I am a firm believer in the importance of the subject and this book was invaluable to me in class and in work. If you have a legal problem that will involve federal litigation, this book is a must have. It makes a subject that I often believe is as clear as reading tea leaves a little easier.
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THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON TRIAL FUNDAMENTALS..........2006-12-09
This reference book tells you everything that you wanted to know about trials, but were afraid to ask. It is an excellent reference work for law students or inexperienced trial lawyers who want to grasp the fundamentals of trial techniques, so as to at least look and sound as if they know what they are doing. It is a comprehensive work that covers methodology, as well as trial strategy.
The book gives the reader instructive examples on ways of accomplishing a specific task, which, while not dispositive, are invaluable to the inexperienced. It gives the novice a starting point from which one may develop his or her own particular style. The book offers basic trial techniques without which no novice trial lawyer should be. It is your basic primer on trial work with the emphasis on jury trials. It is well organized and easy to follow. If you only have room for one trial techniques book on your shelf, this should be the one.
Trial Bible.......2001-06-15
There is not really anything anyone can say about Trial Techniques, other than it is the Trial Bible for all up and coming litigators (and even many current litigators). A staple of America's law school classes, Trial Techniques is wonderful guide to not only give order, but an advantageous edge, to one's trial preparatons. Professor Mauet puts forth useful information in an easy to use format. Not only is he a great writer, but a wonderful lecturer on his techniques. If you have any use for attempting to organize a trial, or if you are a student of the law, this book is for you.
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