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 HistoryEnglish Origins of American ConstitutionalismColonial Origins of American ConstitutionalismThe American RevolutionEstablishing New State and Federal ConstitutionsConstitutional Issues in the Early RepublicJudicial Review, Nationalism, and State SovereigntyAndrew Jackson, Democracy, and “State Rights”Slavery and the ConstitutionThe Constitution and the Civil WarReconstruction and the ConstitutionThe Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State RightsThe Progressive EraLiberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920sThe New Deal and the ConstitutionLiberal ConstitutionalismLiberal Constitutionalism and EqualityCurbing Presidential PowerThe Revival of Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Supreme Court and Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Erosion of Constitutional ComityThe Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial SupremacyPresidentialism and the Security StateConstitution WarsNEW CHAPTER 24: Constitutional CrisisAppendix A Articles of ConfederationAppendix B Constitution of the United StatesAppendix C Justices of the United States Supreme CourtAppendix D Tables of CasesIndex

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 HistoryEnglish Origins of American ConstitutionalismColonial Origins of American ConstitutionalismThe American RevolutionEstablishing New State and Federal ConstitutionsConstitutional Issues in the Early RepublicJudicial Review, Nationalism, and State SovereigntyAndrew Jackson, Democracy, and “State Rights”Slavery and the ConstitutionThe Constitution and the Civil WarReconstruction and the ConstitutionThe Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State RightsThe Progressive EraLiberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920sThe New Deal and the ConstitutionLiberal ConstitutionalismLiberal Constitutionalism and EqualityCurbing Presidential PowerThe Revival of Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Supreme Court and Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Erosion of Constitutional ComityThe Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial SupremacyPresidentialism and the Security StateConstitution WarsNEW CHAPTER 24: Constitutional CrisisAppendix A Articles of ConfederationAppendix B Constitution of the United StatesAppendix C Justices of the United States Supreme CourtAppendix D Tables of CasesIndex

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 HistoryEnglish Origins of American ConstitutionalismColonial Origins of American ConstitutionalismThe American RevolutionEstablishing New State and Federal ConstitutionsConstitutional Issues in the Early RepublicJudicial Review, Nationalism, and State SovereigntyAndrew Jackson, Democracy, and “State Rights”Slavery and the ConstitutionThe Constitution and the Civil WarReconstruction and the ConstitutionThe Industrial State, Victorian Moralism, Laissez-Faire Constitutionalism, and State RightsThe Progressive EraLiberal versus Conservative Constitutionalism in the 1920sThe New Deal and the ConstitutionLiberal ConstitutionalismLiberal Constitutionalism and EqualityCurbing Presidential PowerThe Revival of Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Supreme Court and Conservative ConstitutionalismThe Erosion of Constitutional ComityThe Conservative Court, the Constitution and Judicial SupremacyPresidentialism and the Security StateConstitution WarsNEW CHAPTER 24: Constitutional CrisisAppendix A Articles of ConfederationAppendix B Constitution of the United StatesAppendix C Justices of the United States Supreme CourtAppendix D Tables of CasesIndex