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Guide for First-Year Law Students  Tags: law_students 1l survival_guide torts civil_procedure contracts criminal_law legal_research legal_writing  

This guide will aid new law students in preparing for and surviving the first year of law school. It includes books, audio and video resources, and websites on survival skills and first year courses. Also includes books for international students.
Last update: Jul 09th, 2009 URL: http://libraryguides.law.pace.edu/firstyear  Print Guide  RSS Updates

Constitutional Law             Print Page
  
 

CALI Lessons

  • Lessons on constitutional law  
    Lessons on many topics in constitutional law.
  • CALI code  
    If you haven't registered for CALI click here for the authorization code you'll need to set up your account. You only need the code once, after that sign in with your email address and password.
 

Area of Law Outlines

 

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Hornbooks, Treatises, and Nutshells

Most of these are on reserve, ask for them at the Circulation Desk.  Older versions may be in the stacks and can be checked out for longer periods of time.

 
 

Hornbook, Treatise, What?

Hornbook = single-volume scholarly work on a specific area of law geared towards law students.  Hornbooks are very often condensed versions of longer works, called treatises.

Treatise = scholarly work, often multi-volume and with the author's name in the title (e.g., Corbin on Contracts).  These offer in-depth analysis of an area of law, and include historical information and current trends.

Nutshell = short, single-volume, pocket-sized overview of an area of law, published by Thomson/West.

 

Audio Resources

  • Constitutional Law - Mary C. Cheh
    Call Number: KF4550 .C425 2008 Audio CD (Reserve)
    Disc 1: Powers of government; Powers of the federal courts-judicial review ; Limits on the powers of federal courts; Jurisdictional limits; Article III; Congressional control of jurisdiction; The exceptions of power; Justiciability limits; "Cases and controversies"; The doctrine of standing. Disc 2: The doctrine of standing (cont.) Revocation of acceptance; Risk of loss (breach); Impossibility; Remedies; Ripeness; Mootness; Political Questions; Advisory opinions;- Self-imposed rules of restraint; Powers of the President; Domestic powers.
    Disc 3: Power and duty to execute the laws; Delegation of power to the President ; Powers of appointment and removal; Power to pardon; Commander in chief powers; Foreign affairs power; Executive privileges and immunities; Powers of Congress; The necessary and proper clause; The commerce power. Disc 4: Federalism limits on the commerce power. The spending clause; Power to enforce the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments; Federalism: Relationship of the states to the national government ; Specific constitutional limits on States. Disc 5: Supremacy of federal law and pre-emption -- The negative commerce clause; Market participant doctrine; Individual liberties; The State action doctrine; Privileges and immunities; Due process of law; The Incorporation of the Bill of Rights to the States; Substantive due process. Disc 6: Economic rights; Fundamental personal rights; Procedural due process; Equal protection of the laws; The purpose to discriminate requirement; Equal Protection of the Laws. Disc 7: The Purpose to discriminate requirement; The Equal protection "tests"; Racial discrimination and affirmative action; Alienage discrimination; Gender discrimination. Disc 8: Gender discrimination; Illegitimacy discrimination; "Non-suspect' classifications; The First Amendment, freedom of expression; Vagueness, over breadth and prior restraint; Content control of expression; Time, place, and manner controls; Special categories of expression -- Incitement fighting words; Obscenity; Defamatory speech.
    Disc 9: Commercial speech; Speech in special contexts; Public and non-public forums; Government employees on the job ; Students in school; The First Amendment, religion clauses; The establishment clause; Generalized government benefits to religious groups; Government aid to religious schools; Prayer in public schools; The First Amendment, free exercise clause.
 
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