American Constitutional History : a Brief Introduction.

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Structure of the Book -- Part 1: The New Republic, 1781-1828 -- 1 Ideological Origins of the New Republic -- The Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention -- Ratification and the Bill of Rights -- 2 Representative and Constitutional Democracy -- Judicial Review, Judicial Duty -- Economic Policy in the New Republic -- 3 Nationalization of the Constitution and Executive Power -- Part 2: The Slave Republic, 1789-1877 -- 4 Commerce, Nullification, and Slavery -- Other Economic Rulings -- The Nullification Controversy -- Dred Scott -- 5 Civil War and Reconstruction -- Lincoln and War -- Reconstruction -- 6 Rights and Privileges -- Privileges and Immunities -- Women's Rights -- Persecution of Newly Freed Slaves -- Part 3: The Free Market Republic, 1877-1937 -- 7 The Development of Substantive Due Process -- Procedural Due Process -- Substantive Due Process -- Restraint of Trade in the Free Market Era -- Liberty of Contract -- Regulating Industry -- The Great Depression -- 8 Civil Rights After Reconstruction -- Equality and African-Americans -- Parents and Educational Rights -- The Right to be Let Alone -- 9 The Re-emergence of Executive Power -- Leadership and the Presidency -- America and World War I -- Criminal Anarchy and Criminal Syndicalism in the 1920s -- Part 4: The Welfare State Republic, 1937-1995 -- 10 Advocates and Enemies of Social Welfare -- The Court Changes -- New Social Welfare Programs -- 11 The Growth of Civil Liberties -- Free Expression -- Free Press -- Religious Establishments -- Criminal Suspects and Capital Punishment -- Privacy -- 12 The Civil Rights Movement -- School Desegregation -- Civil and Voting Rights -- Strict Scrutiny and Affirmative Action in Higher Education -- Affirmative Action in Government Contracts.

Women's Rights and Affirmative Action -- 13 Expanding Presidential Power -- Presidential Power and Japanese Internments -- Military Tribunals -- Vietnam and its Aftermath -- Re-emergence of a Powerful Executive -- Part 5: The Contemporary Republic, 1995-2013 -- 14 Federal Commerce Power and Economic Regulation -- Narrowing Federal Commerce Power -- Health-care Reform -- 15 Rights, Liberties, and Judicial Doctrines -- Affirmative Action and Education -- Campaign Finance -- The Right to Bear Arms -- Capital Punishment -- The Right to Privacy -- Religious Establishments -- 16 Executive Authority and Terrorism -- Protecting America in an Era of Terrorism -- Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq -- Executive Power Under Barack Obama -- Epilogue -- Government and the Economy -- Government and Individual and Civil Rights -- Executive Power -- A Republic if you can Keep it -- Bibliography -- Prologue -- Part 1: The New Republic, 1781-1828 -- Part 2: The Slave Republic, 1789-1877 -- Part 3: The Free Market Republic, 1877-1937 -- Part 4: The Welfare State Republic, 1937-1995 -- Part 5: The Contemporary Republic, 1995-2013 -- Epilogue -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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