This softcover book is the first volume in the Federal Constitutional Law Modular Casebook Series. This innovative modular approach to the material facilitates a focused study of particular topics within the field of federal constitutional law. Coverage includes:•   Introduction to the basic texts;•   Interpretations based on the structure of government, constitutional text, and historical antecedents;•   Interpretations based on the drafting and ratification debates;•   Interpretations based on traditional understandings of the constitution and judicial precedents;•   Judicial review and standards of review;•   Congressional power to structure (and restructure) the judiciary;•   Justiciability doctrines; and•   Governmental immunity from suit and the Eleventh Amendment in the Nineteenth Century. - from Amzon