The Blessings of Liberty

Michael Les Benedict is a prominent American historian who taught at Ohio State University from 1970 until his retirement in 2005.

Preface
Introduction:The American Constitution and American Constitutional History

1.English Origins of American Constitutionalism
2.Colonial Origins of American Constitutionalism
3.The American Revolution
4.Establishing New State and Federal Constitutions
5.Constitutional Issues in the Early Republic
6.Judicial Review, Nationalism, and State Sovereignty
7.Andrew Jackson, Democracy, and “State Rights”
8.Slavery and the Constitution
9.The Constitution and the Civil War
10.Reconstruction and the Constitution
11.The Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State Rights
12.The Progressive Era
13.Liberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920s
14.The New Deal and the Constitution
15.Liberal Constitutionalism
16.Liberal Constitutionalism and Equality
17.Curbing Presidential Power
18.The Revival of Conservative Constitutionalism
19.The Supreme Court and Conservative Constitutionalism
20.The Erosion of Constitutional Comity
21.The Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial Supremacy
22.Presidentialism and the Security State
23.Constitution Wars

Appendix A Articles of Confederation
Appendix B Constitution of the United States
Appendix C Justices of the United States Supreme Court
Appendix D Tables of Cases
Index