American constitutional history : a brief introduction / Jack Fruchtman, Professor Emeritus, Towson University, Towson, Maryland.
"The new republic began in 1781 after the ratification of the Articles of Confederation and continued when the Americans replaced the Articles with the United States Constitution 7 years later. In 1789, the people elected their first federal government. Over the next 15 years, the founding gene...
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Ideological origins of the new republic
- Representative and constitutional democracy
- Nationalization of the constitution and executive power
- Commerce, nullification, and slavery
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Rights and privileges
- The development of substantive due process
- Civil rights after Reconstruction
- The re-emergence of executive power
- Advocates and enemies of social welfare
- The growth of civil liberties
- The civil rights movement
- Expanding presidential power
- Federal commerce power and economic regulation
- Rights, liberties, and judicial doctrines
- The struggle for equal rights and criminal justice
- The continued growth of executive power
- Epilogue : the 2020 Presidential Campaign and its aftermath.