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