American constitutional history : a brief introduction / Jack Fruchtman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fruchtman, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.

Summary:

American Constitutional History presents a concise introduction to the constitutional developments that have taken place over the past 225 years, treating trends from history, law, and political science. * Presents readers with a brief and accessible introduction to more than two centuries of U.S. constitutional history * Explores constitutional history chronologically, breaking U.S. history into five distinct periods * Reveals the full sweep of constitutional changes through a focus on issues relating to economic developments, civil rights and civil liberties, and executive power * Reflects the evolution of constitutional changes all the way up to the conclusion of the June 2015 Supreme Court term

Contents:

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

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

Index

End User License Agreement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 15, 2016).

ISBN:

1-78684-608-X

1-119-14177-X

OCLC:

945612233