Understanding the Constitution

Name: Understanding the Constitution
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ISBN: 9780495007548

ISBN-10: 0495007544

ISBN-13: 9780495007548

Edition: 17th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Sue Davis, J. W. Peltason

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For over fifty years, UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTION has provided an accessible introduction to the document that defines and limits the powers of the United States and the rights of individuals. Thorough and precise, this textbook walks through, clause by clause, the entire Constitution, including all original articles and all subsequent amendments, and explains what the document says, as well as the key Supreme Court cases that define that part of the law. Updated thoroughly every three years, it includes the most recent developments in constitutional law.

Book details

List price: $149.95
Edition: 17th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Sue Davis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware. She is the author of American Political Thought: Four Hundred Years of Ideas and Ideologies, Understanding the Constitution, and Justice Rehnquist and the Constitution.




History and Context



Constitutional Backgrounds



The Constitution, American Politics, and the Development of American Constitutional Law



The Constitution Of 1787



The Preamble and Article I: The Legislative Branch



Article II: The Executive Branch



Article III: The Judiciary



Articles IV-VII



The Amendments



The Bill of Rights I: Protecting Individual Liberties



The Bill of Rights II: Procedural Boundaries



Clarifying and Modifying



The Reconstruction Amendments



The Progressive Era



1933 to 1992



The Declaration of Independence



The Constitution of the United States of America


Credits


Index