Blessings of Liberty (eBook)

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

PrefaceIntroduction:The American Constitution and American Constitutional History English Origins of American Constitutionalism Colonial Origins of American Constitutionalism The American Revolution Establishing New State and Federal Constitutions Constitutional Issues in the Early Republic Judicial Review, Nationalism, and State SovereigntyAndrew Jackson, Democracy, and “State Rights” Slavery and the Constitution The Constitution and the Civil War Reconstruction and the Constitution The Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State RightsThe Progressive EraLiberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920sThe New Deal and the ConstitutionLiberal Constitutionalism Liberal Constitutionalism and EqualityCurbing Presidential PowerThe Revival of Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Supreme Court and Conservative Constitutionalism The Erosion of Constitutional ComityThe Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial SupremacyPresidentialism and the Security StateConstitution Wars Appendix A Articles of ConfederationAppendix B Constitution of the United States Appendix C Justices of the United States Supreme CourtAppendix D Tables of CasesIndex