Corwin & Peltason's understanding the constitution
(2004)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
342.2/DAVIS,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, [2004]
©2004
©2004
EDITION
Sixteenth edition
DESCRIPTION
xvi, 517 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0534614078
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Peltason's name appears first on the earlier edition
History and context: Constitutional backgrounds -- Constitution, American politics, and the development of American Constitutional law -- Constitution of 1787: Preamble and Article I: Legislative branch -- Article II: Executive branch -- Article III: Judiciary -- Articles IV-VII -- Amendments: Bill of Rights I: Protecting individual liberties -- Bill of Rights II: Procedural boundaries -- Clarifying and modifying -- Reconstruction amendments -- Progressive era -- 1933 to 1992 -- Documents: Declaration of Independence -- Constitution of the United States