Liberty and Union
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Liberty and Union

A Constitutional History of the United States, concise edition

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eBook - ePub

Liberty and Union

A Constitutional History of the United States, concise edition

About this book

This, the concise edition of Liberty and Union, is an abridged constitutional history of the United States, designed for short single-semester courses, comprising the key topics from Volumes 1 and 2.

Written in a clear and engaging narrative style, it successfully unites thorough chronological coverage with a thematic approach, offering critical analysis of core constitutional history topics, set in the political, social, and economic context that made them constitutional issues in the first place. Combining a thoughtful and balanced narrative with an authoritative stance on key issues, the authors deliberately explain the past in the light of the past, without imposing upon it the standards of later generations.

Authored by two experienced professors in the field, this concise edition presents seminal topics while retaining the narrative flow of the two full original volumes. An accessible alternative to dense scholarly works, this textbook avoids unnecessary technical jargon, defines legal terms and historical personalities where appropriate, and makes explicit connections between constitutional themes and historical events. For students in a short undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading.

Useful features include:

  • Full glossary of legal terminology

  • Recommended reading

  • A table of cases

  • Extracts from primary documents

  • Companion website

Useful documents provided:

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Articles of Confederation

  • Constitution of the United States of America

  • Chronological list of Supreme Court justices

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Index

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) 362, 363, 385
Abington School District v. Schempp (1963) 488
Ableman v. Booth (1859) 189–90
abortion: partial-birth 565–6, 632; public funding for 559–62; Roe v. Wade and 557–9, 562–5
Abrams v. United States (1919) 328, 467
ACA (Affordable Care Act) 637–40
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) 592–3, 610
acting president provisions 487
Adair v. United States (1908) 295
Adams, John 81–2
Adams, John Quincy: Georgia and Indian land titles and 137–8; Tariff of Abominations and 138; two-party politics and 137
Adams, Samuel 32, 33, 35, 61
Adamson v. California (1947) 390
Adarand Constructors v. Pena (1995) 550
Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923) 343, 375
Adler v. Board of Education (1952) 440
Administration of Justice Act 36; see Intolerable Acts
advice and consent requirement 65–6, 71–2, 349, 607–8
affirmative action: for minorities 546–7; racial quotas and 547–51; see also civil rights
Affordable Care Act (ACA) 637–40
AFL (American Federation of Labor) 341, 390–1
African Americans: enfranchisement of 228; progressivism and 316; racial progress for 442–7; voting rights for 230, 241, 249–51; see also civil rights; racial discrimination and segregation; slavery
Agostini v. Felton (1997) 539
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) 362, 363, 385
Aguilar v. Felton (1985) 539–40
Aguinaldo, Emilio 315
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health (1983) 560–1
Alberts v. California (1957) 494
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education (1969) 543
Alien and Sedition Acts 82–3
Alien Registration Act of 1940 (Smith Act) 428–9, 435–9, 458, 460–2, 467
Alito, Samuel 622–3
Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897) 275, 350
Amar, Akhil Reed 125
amendments: Bill of Rights and 68–9; Eighth 634–5; Eleventh 76, 114–16, 616; Fifte...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Concise Edition Preface
  7. I English and Colonial Origins
  8. II Independence and Nationhood
  9. III A More Perfect Union
  10. IV Launching the New Government
  11. V Jeffersonian Republicanism
  12. VI John Marshall and Judicial Nationalism
  13. VII Majority Rule and Sectional Rights
  14. VIII More Power to the States
  15. IX Slavery and the Constitution
  16. X The Crisis of the Union
  17. XI Reconstructing the Nation
  18. XII Promises Betrayed
  19. XIII Property Rights and Judicial Activism
  20. XIV Progressivism and the New Nationalism
  21. XV World War I and the Constitution
  22. XVI Normalcy and Reaction
  23. XVII The New Deal Revolution
  24. XVIII The New Constitutionalism
  25. XIX World War II and the Constitution
  26. XX The Era of the Cold War
  27. XXI Earl Warren Takes the Helm
  28. XXII A Decade of Change and Progress
  29. XXIII The New Judicial Activism
  30. XXIV Nationalizing Criminal Due Process
  31. XXV An Era of Discord and Crisis
  32. XXVI Progress on First Amendment Rights
  33. XXVII Civil Rights and Affirmative Action
  34. XXVIII Protecting Individual Liberty
  35. XXIX Criminal Due Process after Warren
  36. XXX Civilizing the Death Penalty
  37. XXXI Politics and the Constitution
  38. XXXII The New Millennium
  39. XXXIII The Roberts Court
  40. Appendices
  41. Table of Cases
  42. Index