Constitutional Law: An Integrated Approach

by Richard Friedman, Julian Mortenson

This Constitutional Law casebook combines thick historical context with serious exploration of doctrine on its own terms, thereby achieving a rare balance of accessibility and depth. Its core commitment is to allocate student preparation time wisely. Excerpts have been pared down with a scalpel; cases and documents speak for themselves; and the editors’ text and notes prioritize clarity over bloat. The materials’ versatility facilitates a wide range of organizational syllabus choices, including both doctrinal and chronological organization.

1627 pages, Hardcover

Published July 15, 2021

About the author

I live in Cleveland, Ohio and write climate fiction novels and short stories.

I traveled to New York City for the "Green Festival" in 2014 and sold copies of my debut novel, "Escape to Canamith". I would have made more money if I sold vegan potato chips, but it was a great experience, and I had a lot of fun talking with environmentalists at the festival.

"The Two Worlds of Billy Callahan," hit the market in 2016.

In October 2017, I had the honor of attending the Climate Reality Leadership Training Corps. I spent three days learning about the dangers of climate change and global warming from Al Gore and a team of brilliant scientists. Upon completion of the training, I am now a certified Climate Reality Leader. It's time to stop using fossil fuels. Even President Trump can't stop the growing list of countries that are moving away from fossil fuel. I'm doing everything I can to help save the world.

My newest book is a collection of 12 short stories, featuring “A Climate Carol.”
This is my version of Dicken’s classic tale. The Ghosts of Climate past, Current, and Yet to Come visit our Trump-like character and convince him to change his ways. I’m donating part of the proceeds to The Climate Reality Project

Reviews

[Danny Sitko · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is somewhat of a cult classic that a lot of people talk about, so I decided to give it a read.

I would call this a collection of short stories, but some of the stories were incredibly long and tedious (see sebelius). The book follows a changing cast of characters on the court who hear from different people about their problems. Some of the characters on the court were fine, most were pretty self-important, and some just straight up sucked.

Usually when you read a collection of accounts like this, there is some sort of through line as to what binds the accounts together. To be honest, these seemed somewhat all over the place. There were times when I thought I knew what the court cared about, but then, I guess as any good book should, there would be a twist and the court would go completely the other way for no apparent reason. I would have liked to see more of an evolution or arc in the character of the people on the court, and at the end of the book, readers are essentially still left with the impression that they haven’t learned anything and are just making it all up.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

the light beach read of law school casebooks

[anushka · Rating 3 out of 5]

could’ve done with fewer thomas opinions

[Avery Ham]

I have to get credit for this

[Isha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty cool and most of these characters would be cancelled now probably