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Constitutional Law in the Criminal Justice System
Matthew L. Mac Kelly · Concordia University Wisconsin
In the contents: 1.02: Why the Law of Criminal Procedure Matters · 1.05: Key Constitutional Text
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Government Powers and Limitations
Kimberly Clairmont; Ethan Derstine; Alexandria Metzdorf; Stella Kemp · Oregon State University · 2024
This volume focuses on constitutional doctrine and law in the areas of government powers and limitations. It includes excerpts of landmark cases related to the judiciary and executive, contracts and takings clauses, and due process. The excerpts include the constitutional issues in these cases that are related to government powers and limitations with other questions of law and dicta omitted.
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The Office of the Presidency: Powers and Responsibilities
Jakob Miller · Jakob Miller · 2025
Popular imagination gives the President of the United States vast, sweeping power. The Constitution tells a different story. This book is about the gap between the two. The Office of the Presidency: Powers and Responsibilities is a free, introductory political science textbook for undergraduate students. It examines the American presidency through the lens of the leadership dilemma — the persistent gap between what the public expects presidents to accomplish and what the office actually empowers them to do. Each chapter explores a key dimension of presidential power: the constitutional origins of the office, nominations and campaigns, the tools and limits of executive authority, the relationship with Congress and the courts, war and foreign policy, and the presidency's management of public opinion and the media. Throughout, the focus is not on the presidents who have held the office, but on the office itself — its surprising constraints, its creative expansions, and the enduring tension between expectation and reality that has shaped every presidency from Washington to the present.
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First Amendment: Cases, Controversies, and Contexts
Ruthann Robson · CALI's eLangdell® Press · 2016
This Casebook (Second Edition, December 2019) is intended to be used in an upper-division course covering the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Its 14 chapters are substantially the same length, with the exception of Chapter One, the introduction, and Chapters Eleven and Twelve which in combination are the usual length. It is intended for 13 or 14 week semester that meets once or twice per week. Each Chapter contains a “Chapter Outline” at the beginning for ease of reference. The Casebook is organized with the Speech Clauses as Part One and the Religion Clauses as Part Two. Unlike many other courses, there is no accepted organizational scheme within these broad areas. As the Introduction notes, First Amendment doctrine, especially within freedom of speech, presents a varied and haphazard landscape. The Casebook follows a scheme that has proven effective in Professor Robson’s years of teaching the course to hundreds of students. The selection of cases tends toward the most recent and these tend to be less heavily edited. These recent cases often contain extended discussions of earlier cases that are not included in the Casebook.
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Criminal Justice in the Urban Community
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 3.01: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Finds Pattern And Practice Of Excessive Force And Violence At NYC Jails On Rikers Island That Violates The Constitutional Rights Of Adolescent Male Inmates
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Chemistry - Academic and Career Preparation
Adrienne Richards · Georgian College
In the contents: 1.08: Law of Definite Proportions · 1.09: Law of Multiple Proportions · 4.02: The Law of Conservation of Matter
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Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System
Burke et al. · Southern Oregon University
In the contents: 1.03: Social Norms- Folkways Mores Taboo and Laws · 1.05: Consensus View and Decriminalizing Laws · 03: Criminal Law
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Texas Government
Andrew Teas, Kevin Jefferies, Mark W. Shomaker, Penny L. Watson, and Terry Gilmour · Houston Community College, Alvin Community College, and Midland College
In the contents: 2.01: Constitutional Roots of Federalism · 7.05: How a Bill Becomes a Law in Texas · 09: The Evolution of the Law in Texas
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Introduction to California Government and Politics
Steven Reti · College of the Canyons
In the contents: 02: California Constitutional Development · 2.4.02: Impact of Constitutional Developments on Women · 2.06: Summary- Making Sense of California Constitutional History
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Attenuated Democracy
David Hubert · Salt Lake Community College
In the contents: 02: Constitutional Foundations · 10.04: Chapter 65- The Law and Politics of Religious Freedom
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California Criminal Law 2026
Mark C Fields · El Camino College
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Criminal Law · 1.02: The History of Criminal Law · 1.09: Sources of Law
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Democracy in Brief
United States Department of State · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.05: Rule of Law · 1.06: Constitutionalism
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AP US Government and Politics
Nina Sprouse · Mizzou Academy
In the contents: 02: Constitutional Foundations · 6.04: The Law and Politics of Religious Freedom
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Introduction to California Government and Politics (saved June 2026 version) by Steven Reti
Jessica Gallucci · Chabot College
In the contents: 02: California Constitutional Development · 2.4.02: Impact of Constitutional Developments on Women · 2.05: For Your Consideration- What is Your Constitutional Philosophy
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POLS125 Spring 2026
Connie Isais · Rio Hondo College
In the contents: 01: Constitutional Foundations · 5.1.1.02: Constitutional Issues · 5.6.02: Impact of Constitutional Developments on Women