Casenote Legal Briefs: Constitutional Law, Keyed to Chemerinsky, Fourth Edition 4th Edition

You can only use this as intended if it matches the casebook you are using. In this case, Chemerinsky's fourth edition. There is a brief for every Major case in the casebook (the ones with the red ink heading). The plethora of notes cases are not briefed, even though some of those are major cases that we discuss in class.This is definitely a worthwhile purchase for a Con Law law student taking the Con Law class using this casebook.Each brief gives an overview of the case as the Nature of the Case, Fact Summary, Rule of Law, and Issue in the case (basically, the pivotal issue that brought this case before SCOTUS). There is a more detailed overview of the case Facts (really helpful for highly-edited cases in the casebook), the Holding and Decision, then an Analysis which summarizes the important precedent or law that was decided in this case. Because a mere fraction of cases that are requested to be reviewed by the Highest Court are accepted, you can bet that every case decided by this Court will set a legal precedent.Each brief concludes with Quicknotes that tie it to the major clauses in the Constitution (e.g., Dormant Commerce Clause). This makes class preparation much easier, and will help avoid that deer-in-the-headlights look when being cold-called. Definitely worth the price, considering what you're paying for the class.

I was hesitant to buy this because there were some mixed reviews, but I have found that it has saved me hours of briefing time. it is not a substitute for reading, but once you've read it has taken out all of the important parts and has them very neatly organized for you. there is also a thing in the front like the "study aid" laminated cheat sheets where it lays out in columns all of the absolutely necessary information. that is a great tool when working hypos and you mostly get the material but you just need an arrow saying left or right, or you need to rule for a particular topic really quick. I would buy this again in a heartbeat!

When you have roughly 50 pages of cases to brief, not only in Constitutional Law, but in other courses as well, the time consumed in writing the brief, or making whatever notes you feel you need to make, is quite substantial. This publication does it for you and allows you to spend more time reading the case itself carefully knowing that an excellent brief has already been prepared for you. Highly recommended as a HUGE time saver, and that doesn't even consider that you'll probably end up with a better brief than you would have had time to prepare yourself.

These casenotes are generally extremely thorough and accurate. Constitutional Law is truly vast, and not easy to master. These Constitutional case briefs are another big help.

This book consistently gets the rule of law wrong. The holding and the rule of law are not always the same. One of the main purposes of reading cases is to extract the rule of law so that you know how to apply the case and the law when you take your exam. This book always has the holding and the rule of law as the same. So I have found that this book is almost never helpful. You can get better case briefs than the ones in this book for free online. Skip this book!

Love Casenotes! This is my first year trying them out in law school and I will be buying a copy for every book I have in the future. Fast shipping so I didn't have to wait long at all to get started!

Very detailed oriented and nicely edited.... For students of law and also for everyone who are interested in learning how beautiy the Consitution of USA is made

These are simply a must have for any law student.I buy these for every class I have, they are a life saver if you get called on and you didn't read, or if you need the gist of a case REALLY quick.Make sure the authors match your book though!A must have.