This supplement to Modern Constitutional Law includes only the
more significant United States Supreme Court cases since October, 2002
--the cutoff date for the main volume--through June 26, 2003. As in the
main volume, I have sought to keep the number of excerpted cases to a
minimum rather than merely chronicle the work of the Court. The
teacher who has additional hours may, of course, always expand the focu~
and coverage by adding his or her supplemental materials. Future cum~-
lative supplements will also include only those new developments of p~tr-
ticular importance.
It is no simple task to read and edit promptly, each term, the most
recent cases of the U.S. Supreme Court, and then prepare the final prod-
uct for speedy publication. More recently, the use of computers, network
links, Westlaw, and high speed modems have made that task a lot easier. I
can download a case about an hour after the Supreme Court releases it.
The entire process is amazing and, in the not too distance past, would be
considered akin to magic. Not too long ago, I used to lump computers
together with telephones as the devil s invention. Now, they are becoming
more f~iendly. Of course, the modern technology means that old dogs like
me have to learn new tricks. Computers do not always work; they seem to
sense fear and I have learned that I must approach them with both brava-
do and braggadocio.
I need more than computers to assist me, so I wish to express mY sin-
cere thanks to Ms. Jane Barton, my secretary and to Nathan Wildermann,
GMU class of 2004 for their assistance in preparing the manuscript. I also
thank the law school and Dean Mark Grady for their research support.
At this moment, as I sit in the office, looking out my window at the
Washington Monument, I recall that Bismarck is supposed to have said
that laws are like sausages--one should not see how they are made. As
tastes change and less filler is added to the making of sausage, some peo-
ple fear that more is being added to the making of laws. Well, I have seen
sausage being made (for two summers, when I worked my way through
college by working the graveyard shift at a meat packing plant), and I have
seen the Court make law. It is not like making sausage. Instead, our sys-
tem of Constitutional liberties, protected by our state and federal courts,
have made us the envy of the world. The newly emerging democracies seek
to emulate our legal system, and our greatest export has become our Bill
of Rights.
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这本书的装帧设计实在是让人眼前一亮,那种沉稳中透露着一丝不苟的专业感,拿到手里就知道它不是一般的教材或参考书。封面材质的触感非常细腻,不是那种廉价的光面纸,更像是某种经过精心打磨的皮革质感,即使是随手放在书架上,也自带一种低调的权威性。字体排版也极其讲究,小标题和正文之间的层级划分清晰明了,长时间阅读也不会感到视觉疲劳。我特别喜欢它在页边空白的处理上,留白得恰到好处,既保证了阅读的舒适度,又为读者留下了足够的批注空间。这对于一本涉及到复杂法律条文和案例分析的书籍来说至关重要,意味着作者和出版方真的站在了深度学习者的角度去考量使用体验。从外在看,它散发出一种历经沉淀的学术气息,预示着里面承载的内容必然是经过严格筛选和深思熟虑的结晶。光是翻阅目录时的感受,就已经让人对接下来的探索充满了期待,仿佛在开启一段严谨而又引人入胜的法律思想之旅。这种对细节的执着,往往是衡量一本严肃学术著作价值的重要标尺之一,它成功地在“实用性”和“审美性”之间找到了一个非常优雅的平衡点。
评分我最近正在集中研究一些关于司法能动性的历史演变脉络,而手边的这本资料给我的感觉是,它提供了一种非常独特且富有洞察力的分析视角,完全不是那种教科书式的平铺直叙。它似乎更倾向于通过一系列关键的、具有里程碑意义的判例的“横向对比”来展现法律思想是如何在特定历史时期被塑造和重塑的。阅读过程中,我注意到作者在论述某些尖锐的宪政冲突时,并没有简单地给出“对”与“错”的结论,而是精妙地搭建了一个多方辩论的场域,引导读者去审视不同时期司法哲学背后的社会压力与政治考量。这种写作手法极大地提升了阅读的深度,它迫使我不断地去反思,究竟是法律文本本身在决定一切,还是文本背后的解释者群体所处的时代精神在起决定性作用。这种对“解释的艺术”的探讨,远超出了普通案例汇编的范畴,更像是一部关于宪法解释论的微型史诗,非常适合那些渴望超越案情本身,直击法律核心逻辑的进阶研究者。
评分从一个关注法律与社会变迁的观察者的角度来看,这本书最吸引我的地方在于其对于“未竟事业”的关注。它似乎并不满足于记录已经发生的历史,而是将笔触投向了那些在特定时期被搁置、被边缘化,但其内在的张力却持续影响着当代宪法实践的议题。例如,它对某些在特定年代因政治气候而未能得到充分发展的公民权利议题的回溯性审视,就显得尤为深刻。作者仿佛是一位高明的考古学家,小心翼翼地挖掘出那些被时间尘封的法律论据的“化石”,并将其置于今天的语境下进行重新评估。这种超越时空的对话能力,使得这本书不仅仅是一份关于“过去”的记录,更像是一份充满前瞻性的“现状诊断书”。它提醒着我们,宪法的生命力在于其对未决问题的持续回应,而这本书正是通过对这些“半成品”的梳理,为未来的法律发展提供了丰富的思想资源和批判性的参照系。
评分坦率地说,初次接触这类专业性极强的法律文献时,我总会担心自己是否能跟上其严密的逻辑链条。然而,这本书在处理复杂概念时的叙事节奏感却出乎意料地流畅。它似乎有一套自己独特的教学节奏,能够在关键的转折点上,用一段极其精炼的总结性陈述来巩固读者刚刚吸收的知识点。举个例子,当它深入到一个关于联邦制权力边界模糊地带的经典案例时,作者并没有立刻跳到判决结果,而是先用几段富含历史典故的引述,巧妙地将读者带入到当时法官们面临的困境之中,这种代入感极强。然后,通过对少数意见的细致剖析,反向印证了多数意见的合理性或局限性。这种循序渐进、抽丝剥茧的处理方式,极大地降低了深度学习的门槛,使得那些原本晦涩难懂的法律术语和抽象概念变得触手可及,这对于需要高效吸收信息的专业人士来说,无疑是一个巨大的加分项。
评分这本书的索引和附录部分的制作水平,简直是学术工具书的典范。在快速查找特定判例名称或法律术语时,我发现其编排效率极高,几乎没有出现我需要花费额外时间来定位信息的“死角”。很多同类书籍为了追求篇幅或成本,往往会在工具性部分草草了事,但这本书显然投入了巨大的编辑精力。尤其是交叉引用的设计,不仅连接了不同章节的关键概念,甚至还能链接到一些历史背景资料的补充说明,形成了一个紧密互联的知识网络。这种细致入微的内部链接机制,极大地提升了研究的连贯性和深度挖掘的可能性。对于需要进行大量引注和交叉核对的研究人员来说,这种严谨的工具设计是至关重要的,它意味着你可以将更多精力集中在思想的碰撞上,而不是耗费在繁琐的查找工作上,这充分体现了其作为一本专业参考书的最高标准。
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