Varat, Amar, and Caminker's Constitutional Law, Cases and Materials, Concise, 17th

This Concise Edition of the casebook is a compact, easy-to-wield book that focuses on the text of Supreme Court opinions and other primary documents. It is considerably shorter than previous Concise Editions because the authors have omitted First Amendment topics on the grounds that teachers and students of those ever-expanding materials (most often taught in separate courses) would be better served by the more comprehensive coverage in the unabridged edition. Like the unabridged edition, however, it continues to provide as much of the raw decisional, statutory and historical note material as is practical to allow teachers latitude to structure courses in their own ways and to encourage students to formulate their own generalizations directly from the materials. The Concise Edition concentrates on the role of the federal judiciary, separation of powers, federalism, and the Reconstruction Amendments, including all aspects of due process, equal protection, and congressional powers to enforce them, and it includes a separate restructured chapter focusing on voting, elections, and related democracy-enhancing powers and protections.