Liberty and union: a constitutional history of the United States

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

volume 1. English and colonial origins -- Independence and nationhood -- A more perfect union -- Launching the new government -- Jeffersonian republicanism -- John Marshall and judicial nationalism -- Majority rule and sectional rights -- More power to the states -- Slavery and the constitution -- The crisis of the union -- Reconstructing the nation -- Promises betrayed -- Property rights and judicial activism -- volume 2. Progressivism and the new nationalism -- World War I and the Constitution -- Normalcy and reaction -- The New Deal revolution -- The new constitutionalism -- World War II and the Constitution -- The era of the Cold War -- Earl Warren takes the helm -- A decade of change and progress -- The new judicial activism -- Nationalizing criminal due process -- And era of discord and crisis -- Progress on First Amendment rights -- Civil rights and affirmative action -- Protecting individual liberty -- Criminal due process after Warren -- Civilizing the death penalty -- Politics and the Constitution -- The new millennium -- The Roberts court.

1. English and colonial origins -- 2. Independence and nationhood -- 3. A more perfect union -- 4. Launching the new government -- 5. Jeffersonian Republicanism -- 6. John Marshall and judicial nationalism -- 7. Majority rule and sectional rights -- 8. More power to the states -- 9. Slavery and the constitution -- 9. Slavery and the constitution -- 10. The crisis of the union -- 11. Reconstructing the nation -- 12. Promises betrayed -- 13. Property rights and judicial activism -- 14. Progressivism and the new nationalism -- 15. World War I and the constitution -- 16. Normalcy and reaction -- 17. The New Deal revolution -- 18. The new constitutionalism -- 19. World War II and the constitution -- 20. The end of the Cold War -- 21. Earl Warren takes the helm -- 22. A decade of change and progress -- 23. The new judicial activism -- 24. Nationalizing criminal due process -- 25. An era of discord and crisis -- 26. Progress on First Amendment rights -- 27. Civil rights and affirmative action -- 28. Protecting individual liberty -- 29. Criminal due process after Warren -- 30. Civilizing the death penalty -- 31. Politics and constitution -- 32. The new millennium -- 33. The Roberts court.

v. 1. English and colonial origins -- Independence and nationhood -- A more perfect union -- Launching the new government -- Jeffersonian republicanism -- John Marshall and judicial nationalism -- Majority rule and sectional rights -- More power to the states -- Slavery and the constitution -- The crisis of the union -- Reconstructing the nation -- Promises betrayed -- Property rights and judicial activism -- v. 2. Progressivism and the new nationalism -- World War I and the Constitution -- Normalcy and reaction -- The New Deal revolution -- The new constitutionalism -- World War II and the Constitution -- The era of the Cold War -- Earl Warren takes the helm -- A decade of change and progress -- The new judicial activism -- Nationalizing criminal due process -- And era of discord and crisis -- Progress on First Amendment rights -- Civil rights and affirmative action -- Protecting individual liberty -- Criminal due process after Warren -- Civilizing the death penalty -- Politics and the Constitution -- The new millennium -- The Roberts court.

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 aut

This, the first of two volumes of Liberty and Union, is a comprehensive constitutional history of the United States from the Anglo-American origins of the Constitution through the colonial and antebellum periods, to the Civil War and the consequent restructuring of the nation.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 thought

This, the second of two volumes of Liberty and Union, is a comprehensive constitutional history of the United States from the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century to the most recent decisions of the Supreme Court on contemporary constitutional issues.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