The blessings of liberty : a concise history of the Constitution of the United States /: a concise history of the Constitution of the United States. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Les Benedict.
• Authors: Benedict, Michael Les
• Contents: Preface; Introduction: The American Constitution and American Constitutional History; ; English Origins of American Constitutionalism Colonial Origins of American Constitutionalism The American Revolution Establishing New State and Federal Constitutions Constitutional Issues in the Early Republic Judicial Review, Nationalism, and State Sovereignty Andrew Jackson, Democracy, and “State Rights” Slavery and the Constitution The Constitution and the Civil War Reconstruction and the Constitution The Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State Rights The Progressive Era Liberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920s The New Deal and the Constitution Liberal Constitutionalism Liberal Constitutionalism and Equality Curbing Presidential Power The Revival of Conservative Constitutionalism The Supreme Court and Conservative Constitutionalism The Erosion of Constitutional Comity The Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial Supremacy Presidentialism and the Security State 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
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 342.73029; Constitutional history -- United States; Liberty -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538165560
• Related ISBNs: 9781538165546
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