This concise, accessible text by historian Michael Benedict provides students with a history of American constitutional development in the context of political, economic, and social change. The fourth edition is updated to include the 2016 election, the Trump administration, the 2020 election, and the first activities of the Biden administration.
This concise, accessible text by historian Michael Benedict provides students with a history of American constitutional development in the context of political, economic, and social change. The fourth edition is updated to include the 2016 election, the Trump administration, the 2020 election, and the first activities of the Biden administration.
Michael Les Benedict is a prominent American historian who taught at Ohio State University from 1970 until his retirement in 2005.
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Preface Introduction: The American Constitution and American Constitutional History 1. English Origins of American Constitutionalism 2. Colonial Origins of American Constitutionalism 3. The American Revolution 4. Establishing New State and Federal Constitutions 5. Constitutional Issues in the Early Republic 6. Judicial Review, Nationalism, and State Sovereignty 7. Andrew Jackson, Democracy, and "State Rights" 8. Slavery and the Constitution 9. The Constitution and the Civil War 10. Reconstruction and the Constitution 11. The Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State Rights 12. The Progressive Era 13. Liberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920s 14. The New Deal and the Constitution 15. Liberal Constitutionalism 16. Liberal Constitutionalism and Equality 17. Curbing Presidential Power 18. The Revival of Conservative Constitutionalism 19. The Supreme Court and Conservative Constitutionalism 20. The Erosion of Constitutional Comity 21. The Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial Supremacy 22. Presidentialism and the Security State 23. Constitution 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
Preface Introduction: The American Constitution and American Constitutional History 1. English Origins of American Constitutionalism 2. Colonial Origins of American Constitutionalism 3. The American Revolution 4. Establishing New State and Federal Constitutions 5. Constitutional Issues in the Early Republic 6. Judicial Review, Nationalism, and State Sovereignty 7. Andrew Jackson, Democracy, and "State Rights" 8. Slavery and the Constitution 9. The Constitution and the Civil War 10. Reconstruction and the Constitution 11. The Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State Rights 12. The Progressive Era 13. Liberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920s 14. The New Deal and the Constitution 15. Liberal Constitutionalism 16. Liberal Constitutionalism and Equality 17. Curbing Presidential Power 18. The Revival of Conservative Constitutionalism 19. The Supreme Court and Conservative Constitutionalism 20. The Erosion of Constitutional Comity 21. The Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial Supremacy 22. Presidentialism and the Security State 23. Constitution 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
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