This proven casebook continues to lay a foundation of knowledge for effective decision making and critical evaluation of ethics in the rule of law with case excerpts and sharp commentary. This text has been updated to include discussion of:

• whether risk of future harm from government electronic surveillance is an injury sufficient to show standing


• enforcement of sovereign immunity when a citizen attempts to sue a state agency


• the importance of due process in the face of attempts to shut down Yucca mountain as a nuclear waste facility


• the negotiated rulemaking process for Title IV regulations


• the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

New cases include Christopher v. Smithkline Beechman Corp., Vance v. Ball State University, Milner v. Department of the Navy, and Clapper v. Amnesty International USA. Updated end-of-chapter exercises and questions encourage students to consider issues such as the NSA’s surveillance tactics exposed by Edward Snowden and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of Smith v. Maryland to give government the right to access citizens’ private phone records, the University of Montana’s “Resolution Agreement” regarding sexual harassment on its campus, and why the Justice Department chose to prosecute JP Morgan with civil instead of criminal charges for its enabling of Bernie Madoff’s illicit Ponzi scheme.