Sources in American Constitutional History (eBook)

Michael Les Benedict (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 2., Second Edition
434 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0013-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In the second revised and expanded edition of this invaluable reader, Michael Les Benedict draws together the important documents that have shaped and been shaped by the American Constitution from medieval times through the present day. It includes not only the most important Supreme Court decisions, but also key American declarations, resolutions, laws, and platforms. All these documents represent, in a sense, the formal expression of the American peoples ongoing contract with each other.The documents in the reader are organized into chapters corresponding to those in the third edition of The Blessings of Liberty: A Concise History of the Constitution of the United States. However, since they reflect the generally accepted canon of American constitutional history, they may supplement any textbook or other readings. The brief introductory headnotes provide information about the social, political, and intellectual context in which each document first appeared.

Autor

Michael Les Benedict is a prominent American historian who taught at Ohio State University from 1970 until his retirement in 2005.

Inhalt

PrefaceIntroduction Chapter 1: English Origins of American ConstitutionalismChapter 2: Colonial Origins of American ConstitutionalismChapter 3: The American RevolutionChapter 4: Establishing New State and Federal ConstitutionsChapter 5: Constitutional Issues in the Early RepublicChapter 6: Judicial Review, Nationalism, and State SovereigntyChapter 7: Jacksonian Democracy and State RightsChapter 8: Slavery and the ConstitutionChapter 9: The Constitution and the Civil WarChapter 10: Reconstruction and the ConstitutionChapter 11: The Industrial State, Laissez-Faire, Constitutionalism, and State RightsChapter 12: The Progressive EraChapter 13: Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920sChapter 14: The New Deal and the ConstitutionChapter 15: Liberal ConstitutionalismChapter 16: Liberal Constitutionalism and EqualityChapter 17: Curbing Presidential PowerChapter 18: The Revival of Constitutional ConservatismChapter 19: The Supreme Court and Conservative Constitutionalism Civil Liberties Chapter 20: The Erosion of Constitutional ComityChapter 21: The Conservative Court, the Constitution, and Judicial SupremacyChapter 22: Presidentialism and the Security StateChapter 23: Constitution WarsAppendixThe Constitution of the United States of AmericaTable of Cases Index About the Editor

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.10.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-0013-4 / 1538100134
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-0013-4 / 9781538100134