This eBook is the first volume in the Federal Constitutional Law Modular Casebook Series. This innovative modular approach to the material facilitates a focused study of particular topics within the field of federal constitutional law. Coverage includes:

•   Introduction to the basic texts;
•   Interpretations based on the structure of government, constitutional text, and historical antecedents;
•   Interpretations based on the drafting and ratification debates;
•   Interpretations based on traditional understandings of the constitution and judicial precedents;
•   Judicial review and standards of review;
•   Congressional power to structure (and restructure) the judiciary;
•   Justiciability doctrines; and
•   Governmental immunity from suit and the Eleventh Amendment in the Nineteenth Century.

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