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984 pp.
8" x 10"

ISBN-13:
9780197527641

Copyright Year:
2021

Imprint: OUP US


American Constitutionalism

Volume II: Rights and Liberties, 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 2020 SCOTUS session, and features updated cases, analysis, illustrations, and figures.

Readership : Undergraduate political science and law students studying Constitutional Law.

Reviews

  • "The approach is excellent...Gillman, Graber, and Whittington Vol. II is indispensable to anyone wishing to teach the American Constitution's protection of rights and liberties from an historical perspective. The research is superb, the curating is outstanding, and the organization translates readily into a highly effective syllabus. As the title says, this is not just a study of American Constitutional law, it is a study of American constitutionalism; case opinions are supplemented with political debates, speeches, correspondence, and background information that puts our constitutional politics in historical context. The appearance of the first edition changed the way I teach the subject, and this new edition takes the authors' innovative approach even further. The book is a truly outstanding text that will inform and enrich both teaching and scholarship in the study of American constitutionalism."
    --Howard H. Schweber, Univeristy of Wisconsin

  • "This book fills the historical gap that is often less present in similar texts on the topic of Constitutional Law. I feel that the design of the text looks beyond the traditional focus solely on Supreme Court opinions generally present in texts for this course. The additional historical and contextual information is an asset for instructors developing Constitutional Law courses."
    --Michael Fix, Georgia State University

  • "[Before this title] I had yet to see a constitutional law textbook that clicked with me...For me, its primary strength is in the way it integrates law and politics. Too many constitutional law textbooks before this spent too little attention to the political factors that surround and shape constitutional law. It very self consciously treats both law and politics as significant dynamics and contributors to the evolution of constitutional law...Much of my graduate training and scholarship since emphasized the interrelationship between political and legal institutions, actors, and dynamics. Politics shapes law; law shapes politics. As part of this, I appreciate that the text emphasizes that constitutional and statutory law is usually the result of lengthy debates and that constitutional law happens in locations other than the Supreme Court."
    --Shauna Fisher, West Virginia University

Brief Contents
Topical Outline of Volume II
Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Illustrations
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface
Part 1: Themes
1. Introduction to Rights and Liberties in 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-The Present
Appendices
Glossary
Index
Cases

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Howard Gillman is Chancellor and Professor of Law, Political Science, and History at the University of California, Irvine.

Mark A. Graber is the Regents Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

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

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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.