| We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and about Students, 3rd Edition Hardbound Edition (Revised) Contributor(s): Raskin, Jamin B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0872897605 ISBN-13: 9780872897601 Publisher: CQ Press OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2008 Annotation: In this CQ Press best-selling title, Jamin Raskin presents constitutional cases about sex and censorship, school vouchers, affirmative action, religion in schools, discrimination, drug use, and freedom of speech and thought, while placing educational emphasis on constitutional knowledge, critical thinking, persuasive argument, and values clarification. For this third edition, CQ Press worked directly with educators to retain the best features of the previous editions while updating and further refining the material. The books freshly updated design facilitates student comprehension with new features such as legal definitions in the margin, a Dissenting Voices section to provide context for minority judicial opinions, new exercises, and much more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Educational Law & Legislation - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 344.730 |
| LCCN: 2008023743 |
| Series: We the Students (Cloth) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.1" W x 10" (1.95 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unique reference has introduced countless students to the field of legal studies by studying Supreme Court issues that directly affect young people. For this third edition, CQ Press worked directly with educators to retain the best features of the previous editions while updating and further refining the material, including a significantly expanded treatment of Equal Protection and discrimination. The book's freshly updated design facilitates student comprehension with new features such as legal definitions in the margin, a Dissenting Voices section to provide context for minority judicial opinions, new exercises, and much more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Raskin, Jamin B.: - Jamin B. Raskin is professor of constitutional law and the First Amendment at American University Washington College of Law and founder of its Marshall-Brennan Fellows Program, which places law students in public high schools to teach the We the Students constitutional literacy course. A former assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Raskin is an active public interest lawyer, defending the rights of political expression and participation for both adults and young people. He is also the author of Overruling Democracy (2003) and dozens of law review articles, op-eds, and essays on constitutional law. |