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Print Price: $124.99

Format:
Paperback
852 pp.
203 mm x 254 mm

ISBN-13:
9780197527634

Copyright Year:
2022

Imprint: OUP US


American Constitutionalism

Volume I: Structures of Government, Third Edition

Howard Gillman, Mark A. Graber and Keith E. Whittington

In American Constitutionalism, Third Edition, renowned authors Howard Gillman, Mark A. Graber, and Keith E. Whittington offer an innovative approach to the two-semester Constitutional Law sequence (Volume 1 covers Institutions and Volume II covers Rights and Liberties) that presents the material in a historical organization within each volume, as opposed to the typical issues-based organization. Looking at Supreme Court decisions historically provides an opportunity for instructors to teach - and for students to reflect on - the political factions and climate of the day. The third edition has been updated through the 2021 SCOTUS session, and features updated cases, analysis, illustrations, and figures.

Readership : This is a textbook for undergraduate students in a two-semester constitutional law course.

Reviews

  • "It's the best casebook for political science on the market, combining well-selected cases with material that recognizes that a great deal constitutional deliberation and conflict take place outside the courts, all put in historical and political context."

    --Scott Lemieux, University of Washington

  • "The text accomplishes its goals very well. It does two things that often are not done well in the genre: it provides extensive historical context for the excerpts, including information on how partisanship affected developments, and it incorporates a lot of primary material beyond court cases. Even faculty members who have been teaching constitutional law for years may find some of the primary materials to be real eye-openers."

    --Julie Novkov, SUNY, Albany

Topical Outline of Volume I
Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Illustrations
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition

Part 1: Themes

1. Introduction to American Constitutionalism

Part 2: Development

2. The Colonial Era: Before 1776
3. The Founding Era: 1776-1791
4. The Early National Era: 1791-1828
5. The Jacksonian Era: 1829-1860
6. The Civil War and Reconstruction: 1861-1876
7. The Republican Era: 1877-1932
8. The New Deal/Great Society Era: 1933-1968
9. Liberalism Divided: 1969-1980

Part 3: Contemporary Issues

10. The Reagan Era: 1981-1993
11. The Polarized Era: 1994-2008
12. The Contemporary Era: 2009-Present

Appendices
Glossary
Index
Cases

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Howard Gillman is the Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, where he holds faculty appointments in the School of Law, as well as the Departments of Political Science, History, and Criminology, Law, and Society.

Mark A. Graber is the University System of Maryland Regents Professor at the University of Maryland.

Keith E. Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University.

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A March of Liberty - Melvin I. Urofsky and Paul Finkelman
A March of Liberty - Melvin Urofsky and Paul Finkelman
Real Law Stories - Richard Brisbin and John Kilwein

Special Features

  • Covers all important debates in U.S. constitutionalism, organized by historical era.
  • Clearly lays out the political and legal contexts in chapter introductions.
  • Integrates more documents and cases than any other text on the market, including decisions made by elected officials and state courts.
  • Offers numerous pedagogical features, including topical sections within each historical chapter, bulleted lists of major developments, explanatory headnotes for the readings, questions on court cases, illustrations and political cartoons, tables, and suggested readings.
New to this Edition
  • Updated cases, analysis, illustrations, and figures through 2020 Supreme Court session.