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Examples & Explanations: Constitutional Law: National Power & Federalism, 5th Ed.

• Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 4th Edition (Aspen Student Treatise Series)
• Constitutional Law - Individual Rights: Examples & Explanations, Fifth Edition
• Examples & Explanations: Property, 4th Ed.
• Civil Procedure, 6th Edition (Examples & Explanations)
• Criminal Law: Examples & Explanations, 5th Edition
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• Utilizes the unique, time-tested E&E pedagogy that combines textual material with well-written and comprehensive examples, explanations, and questions to test students' comprehension of the materials and provide practice in applying legal principles to fact patterns. The questions (in which there are often a variety of issues presented in one fact situation) are similar to those on a law school or bar examination.
• Is organized to parallel the major casebooks and will complement any constitutional law casebook
• Explains legal concepts and principles in digestible sections, followed by examples and analyses that illustrate how to apply these concepts and principles in hypothetical situations.
• Is part of a two-volume set that includes a corresponding treatment of Individual Rights.
• Together, these two volumes compose a strong and sophisticated foundation in the doctrines and methods of constitutional law and constitutional argument.

• Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, on adequate and independent state ground of decision
• District of Columbia v. Heller, on original understanding
• Horn v. Flores; Massachusetts v. EPA; and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No.1on standing
• Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. and Lance v. Coffman, on citizen and taxpayer standing
• FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. on mootness
• Van de Kamp v. Goldstein; Pearson v. Callahan; and Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding, on government officials' immunity from damages
• Ashcroft v. Iqbal, on Biven's claims
• Medellin v. Texas, on self-executing treaties and presidential power
• Boumediene v. Bush, on separation of powers
• United Haulers Ass'n, Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority; MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dep't of Revenue; and Dep't of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis, on dormant commerce clause
• Altria Group, Inc. v. Good; Chamber of Commerce of U.S. v. Brown; Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transp. Ass'n; Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.; and Wyeth v. Levine, on federal preemption
• Watters v. WachoviaBank, N.A., on the Tenth Amendment