American Constitutionalism

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.

• 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

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."