American constitutional law : introductory essays and selected cases / by Alpheus Thomas Mason and William M. Beaney
Imprint
Englewood Cliffs N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1972
Edition
5th ed
Descript
xxvi, 694 p. ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Jurisdiction and organization of the federal courts -- The Constitution, the supreme court, and judicial review -- Congress, the court and the president -- Federalism -- Commerce power and state power -- Congressional power under the commerce clause -- National taxing and spending power -- The Contract clause and state police power -- The Development of due process -- Equal portection of laws -- Civil liberties-criminal procedure -- Civil liberties-the first amendment freedoms -- The Constitution of the United States of America -- Justice of the supreme court