Preface
Introduction: The American Constitution and American Constitutional History


English Origins of American ConstitutionalismColonial Origins of American ConstitutionalismThe American RevolutionEstablishing New State and Federal ConstitutionsConstitutional Issues in the Early RepublicJudicial Review, Nationalism, and State SovereigntyAndrew Jackson, Democracy, and “State Rights”Slavery and the ConstitutionThe Constitution and the Civil WarReconstruction and the ConstitutionThe Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State RightsThe Progressive EraLiberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920sThe New Deal and the ConstitutionLiberal ConstitutionalismLiberal Constitutionalism and EqualityCurbing Presidential PowerThe Revival of Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Supreme Court and Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Erosion of Constitutional ComityThe Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial SupremacyPresidentialism and the Security StateConstitution Wars
NEW CHAPTER 24: Constitutional Crisis

Appendix A Articles of Confederation
Appendix B Constitution of the United States
Appendix C Justices of the United States Supreme Court
Appendix D Tables of Cases
Index