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The Founding Fathers have enjoyed a revival of interest in recent years, due in part to the publication of a number of splendid biographies of various founders. After providing a survey of the primary religious groups in late colonial America, Holmes turns his attention to the religious views of several of the most prominent members of the founding generation, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.

This work brings together essays which present views about the meaning of equality and providing perspectives on the on-going debates about it. The collection presents a range of opinions and insights that speak to America's ability to define and deal with the politics of equality

v. 1. An introduction to American Constitutional Law -- National power : Article I and the powers and limits of Congress -- Limits on federal power : the federal structure, the 10th Amendment, and state sovereign immunity -- Powers and limits of the federal courts -- The role of the President -- Limits on state power : preemption, the Dormant Commerce Clause, and the Privileges and Immunities Clause -- The incorporation of the Bill of Rights -- Substantive due process -- v. 2. Procedural due process -- Freedom of speech and press. pt. I. Overview : a graphic review of the 1st Amendment ; pt. II. The 1st Amendment and government control of the content of expression ; pt. III. The 1st Amendment : restrictions on time, place, and manner of expression--regulating governmental property ; pt. IV. The 1st Amendment and limits on political campaigns -- Freedom of religion -- Equal protection -- Governmental actors, private actors, and the scope of the 13th and 14th Amendments

This book explores for the first time the broad range of ways in which Christian thought intersects with American legal theory. Eminent legal scholars-including Stephen Carter, Thomas Shaffer, Elizabeth Mensch, Gerard Bradley, and Marci Hamilton-describe how various Christian traditions, including the Catholic, Calvinist, Anabaptist, and Lutheran traditions, understand law and justice, society and the state, and human nature and human striving. The book reveals not only the diversity among Christian legal thinkers but also the richness of the Christian tradition as a source for intellectual and ethical approaches to legal inquiry.The contributors bring various perspectives to the subject. Some engage the prominent schools of legal thought: liberalism, legal realism, critical legal studies, feminism, critical race theory, and law and economics. Others address substantive areas, including environmental, criminal, contract, torts, and family law, as well as professional responsibility. Together the essays introduce a new school of legal thought that will make a signal contribution to contemporary discussions of law