"This softcover book is the third volume in the Constitutional Law Modular Series. This innovative modular approach to the material makes it possible for instructors to mix and match a suitable number of volumes for a course of varying length and focus. Coverage includes: Federal taxing and spending revenue; Enumerated powers and the Necessary and Proper Clause; The commerce power before and after the New Deal; and Legislative enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment"--
This is the third volume in the innovative Federal Constitutional Law Modular Casebook Series. This modular approach to the material makes it possible for instructors to mix and match a suitable number of volumes for a course of varying length and focus. Volume 3 explores:
- Federal taxing power;
- Federal spending power;
- The concept of enumerated powers and the Necessary and Proper Clause;
- The commerce power before and after the New Deal, and today; and
- Congressional enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Like all volumes in the Modular Casebook Series, Federal Legislative Power provides extensive historical background for the cases and materials, focuses students on the key arguments employed by the Supreme Court, and follows each case with detailed suggested questions that engage students in the reading and prompt robust classroom discussion. Faculty members may successfully utilize Federal Legislative Power as part of a standard constitutional law course on constitutional structure and powers.
