Description
Book SynopsisSupreme Court, from its antecedents in colonial and British legal tradition to the present.
Trade ReviewThose who teach constitutional history or constitutional law often find themselves looking for a short, interpretive history of constitutional law to assign to students... [ Liberty under Law] provide[s] teachers with real choices when choice has been absent for such a long time. -- Mark Tushnet Law and History Review Students used to dull recitations of the facts will find this an unusually lively, significant interpretation of the importance of the judicial process in our society. Midwest Book Review A tightly drawn chronological examination of the origin and development of the Supreme Court's power of judicial review. American Political Science Review
Table of ContentsForeword
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The United States Supreme Court and American Constitutionalism
Chapter 1. The Origins of American Constitutionalism
Chapter 2. The Court under Chief Justice Marshall
Chapter 3. Democracy, Slavery, and Capitalism before the Taney Court
Chapter 4. Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Rights of Black People
Chapter 5. The Formalist Era
Chapter 6. Foreign Affairs, Executive Authority, and the Court
Chapter 7. Substantive Equal Protection
Chapter 8. Substantive Due Process
Glossary
Recommended Readings
Index
