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Students, ask your professor about using this video series in your Constitutional Law course!
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Professors, contact your sales representative to learn how you can use this new series with your Aspen Publishers Constitutional Law casebook. Click here
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| Aspen Voices of Law video documentaries chronicle
high-profile constitutional law cases that rose to the Supreme Court.
Each 20-minute documentary features the actual plaintiffs, lawyers, and
judges involved in the dispute to provide the viewer with a personal and
real account of the important facts, as well as the broader social
context extending beyond the specific legal issues addressed
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Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is pleased to offer this extraordinary video
documentary series, produced by Tom Metzloff of
Duke University, as a supplement to your new Aspen Constitutional
Law or 1st Amendment casebook. Click
here to view an introduction to the series from
Professor Metzloff.
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The areas of law covered in the series are listed here.
Click the sample video link to view a short
overview of the case.
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Punitive Damages
Punitive damages are a highly controversial area of American
law. Large, high-profile awards have led to calls for tort
reform, and the Supreme Court has placed important limits on
punitive damages in recent years.
Sample video:
BMW v. Gore
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Search & Seizure
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects individuals
from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
As many school boards try to combat illegal drug use, drug
testing of students has become a lightning rod for controversy.
Sample video:
Board of Education v. Earls
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Takings & Eminent Domain
The Constitution requires that the government compensate
landowners for property that it takes through regulation.
How should the government balance the need for environmental
regulations and economic development against the rights of
property owners?
Sample videos:
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
Kelo v. New London
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Hate Speech & The First Amendment
How does the First Amendment assure freedom of expression and
yet appropriately guard against the use of symbols or speech
that many find intolerable?
Sample video: Virginia v. Black
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Religion & The First Amendment
Perhaps no other constitutional values are as cherished or as
controversial as the values inherent in the First Amendment,
particularly the American system's treatment of religion.
Sample videos:
Van Orden v. Perry
Locke v. Davey
Marsh v. Chambers
Lee v. Weisman
Lynch v. Donnelly
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Free Speech & Legal Ethics
Many American states elect their judges, believing that elections
lead to greater accountability. However, judicial campaigns are
often limited by strict ethical rules. How should states balance
democratic values with the need for an independent judiciary?
Ethics rules also limit what prosecutors and defense lawyers can
say to the press. Where should the line be drawn between free
speech rights and fair legal proceedings?
Sample videos:
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada
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