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Kasper and Howard Schweber have assembled a roster of ten prominent contributors to excavate Madison's thinking about key concepts and issues over questions of what the Constitution requires, permits, and…
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Originally published in 2000, the Encyclopedia of Religion and American Law, comprehensively describes and analyses important cases and legal controversies between religion and state.
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A study of the attitudes of the founding fathers toward slavery. The text examines the views of Thomas Jefferson reflected in his life and writings and those of other founders…
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Originally published in 2006, the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of American Civil Liberties.
Originally published in 2006, the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of civil liberties in America.
Traces the development of the ideas, customs, and institutions that constitute the American cultural identity through 670 articles by specialists in history, law, religion, literature, art, music, African American studies…
This Encyclopedia on American history and law is the first to examine the issues of civil liberties and their relevance to major current events while providing a historical context and…
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The interplay of religion and law has long been a major political and social issue in the United States. This text details major Supreme Court decisions involving church and state…
Finkelman’s book has been revised throughout, with new chapters on the Federalists and slavery and Ben Franklin and slavery.
Originally published in 2006, the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of civil liberty in America.
Brings together contributors to examine the responses of various segments of American and European society to the Harpers Ferry Raid and John Brown’s execution. The incidents were widely publicised, and…
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Trace the impact of one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions as Dred Scott v. Sandford walks you through this iconic court case, whose ruling eventually led to the…
In this eye-opening biography, the legal scholar and historian Finkelman reveals how Millard Fillmore’s response to the crisis he inherited in 1850 set the country on a dangerous path that…
Focusing on the making of African American society from the arrival of the first slave ship in 1619 to the death of Frederick Douglass in 1895, this encyclopedia traces the…
Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 separate but equal ruling of Plessy v Ferguson to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the…
In ruling after ruling, the three most important pre-Civil War justices-Marshall, Taney, and Story-upheld slavery. Paul Finkelman establishes an authoritative account of each justice’s proslavery position, the reasoning behind his…
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The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, is a comprehensive 3 volume set covering a broad range of topics in the subject of American Civil Liberties.
Winner, Joseph A. Andrews Award from the American Association of Law Libraries, 1986. Provides a detailed discussion and analysis of the pamphlet materials on the law of slavery published in…
In three volumes, this set of encyclopaedias provide a comprehensive reference to the history of the United States during the 19th century. The book is published in accordance with US…
Offering invaluable insights into how slavery shaped American history and continues to affect American society, Defending Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Old South shares viewpoints from proslavery, Southern thinkers based…
University Paul Finkelman
In short, we have a first-rate study of an important constitutional symbol of disunion. –Donald Roper, American Journal of Legal History 26 (1982) 255. Finkelman describes the judicial turmoil that…
Reprinted from the Garland series: Slavery, Race and the American Legal System, 1700-1872, the 13 pamphlets in this collection address cases that led to the abolition of slavery, cases against…
The fourth publication in the award-winning, critically acclaimed Milestone Documents sereis, Milestone Documents in African American History explores the fundamental primary sources in African American history. This four-volume set covers…
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COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF LYNCHING Published by the NAACP in 1919 to promote awareness of lynching in the United States, this seminal study provides information on the lynchings of 3,224 African-Americans…
More than two centuries after his birth and almost a century and a half after his death, the legendary life and legacy of John Brown go marching on. Variously deemed…
This series aims to familiarize the audience with privacy principles which form the core of laws in the United States. Tracing the evolution of the fundamental right to privacy as…
Paul Finkelman,Peter Wallenstein
This is a single-volume source for students, researchers, and scholars at all levels seeking an accessible, easy-to-navigate reference on the forces that have shaped American history. The text includes more…
Urofsky,Finkelman
A two-volume companion to March of Liberty , this reader provides historical documents and court decisions that have shaped the nation’s constitutional development, beginning with its colonization and extending to…
A March of Liberty is an overview of American constitutional development from the founding of the English colonies down through the decisions of the latest term of the Supreme Court.
The involvement of state and local governments in the war on terror may be changing our structures of government on another plane: federalism.
The second title in the ground-breaking Milestone Document series, this new set pairs primary source texts with expert analysis by esteemed historians. Milestone Documents of American Leaders features important full-text…
The History of Michigan Law offers the first serious survey of Michigan’s rich legal past. Michigan legislators have played a leading role in developing modern civil rights law, protecting the…
Jacksonian democracy; sectionalism; secession; history of Congress; American history
Presents the historical proceedings and precedents for impeachment in the US, leading up to the investigation of President Clinton. Providing a clear understanding of what the Constitution says about impeachment…
Addresses the political aspects of Lincoln’s actions, influence, and legacy. This title presents an analysis of Lincoln’s democratic ideas and policies about slavery and emancipation, the emergence of the Republican…
