Documents of American constitutional and legal history / [edited by] Melvin I. Urofsky, Paul Finkelman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Urofsky, Melvin I.

Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--United States--Sources.

Law.

Constitutional history--United States--Sources.

Constitutional history.

United States.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Documents of American Constitutional and Legal History, Third Edition, is a two-volume companion to Urofsky and Finkelman's successful text, A March of Liberty. Organized chronologically, this documents reader skillfully weaves together constitutional and legal history, offering students a mix of both frequently cited and lesser-known-but equally important-historical documents and court decisions that have been instrumental in shaping the nation's constitutional development. The editors provide an introduction to each document, which summarizes its significance and places it within its historical context. Each introduction is followed by a brief list of suggestions for further reading. Both volumes contain the complete text of the U.S. Constitution for ease of reference.

The third edition has been updated to include both newly significant documents from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries and many recent legal documents of consequence, from the latest Supreme Court decisions to the Guantanamo Bay terror detainee controversy. In addition, the introductions have been revised and the suggested reading sections have been updated to reflect current scholarship. For the first time, this edition also includes the voting records for each case and an appendix of U.S. Supreme court judges and their tenures. This reader is an essential resource for anyone studying U.S. Constitutional History and/or Law.

Contents:

v. 1. From the founding to 1896

v. 2 From 1896 to the present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780195323115

0195323114

0195323122

9780195323122

OCLC:

72702397