Hello, As one of the "con law list lurkers" (fairly new to the list as well), I appreciate the dialogue on constitutional issues that I have been able to read. I am a high school government teacher that teaches a good portion of constitutional law/issues to my senior government students. I would appreciate any suggested texts or issues that you feel would be important and usefule for students and myself.
Thank you Mark Oglesby Howell High School Howell, Michigan --- Myron Moskovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colleagues: > > This message is intended primarily (though not > exclusively) for con law list > lurkers - those of you who are not eager to mix it > up with the heavyweight > scholars who customarily dominate this list. > > In my humble opinion, almost all con law casebooks > currently on the market > are quite useful for budding con law scholars, but > less useful for budding > lawyers. A different option might appeal to many > professors who prefer to > teach con law in a more practical way. > > I�ve written several �Problem Method� casebooks in > criminal procedure and > criminal law. Each chapter begins with a rather > complex Problem I�ve > invented, followed by several major cases, with > directions for students to > apply the cases to the Problem. To analyze the > Problem, the student must try > to understand the issues discussed in the cases, see > how those issues arise > in the Problem, and organize those issues into a > coherent outline. This, of > course, is what lawyers do in practice (and students > do on exams), and this > is why most students enjoy working on the Problems. > (I discussed the > Problem Method in more depth at Moskovitz, Beyond > The Case Method: It's Time > To Teach With Problems, 42 Journal of Legal > Education 241 (1992); copy > attached.) My teacher�s manuals contain my outlines > of the issues in the > Problems, to give profs a leg up. > > I am thinking of writing the same type of book for > constitutional law. It�s > a lot of work, so I don�t want to do it if no one > would consider using such > a book. > > Could you please send me any thoughts, comments, or > suggestions � on or > off-list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), as you prefer? Even > a brief note (�Do it.� > �Dumb idea,� etc.) would help. Thanks. > > > Myron Moskovitz __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
