03797nam 2200625 a 450 991077765460332120200520144314.00-8131-3729-21-283-23259-697866132325950-8131-7134-2(CKB)1000000000463411(EBL)792174(OCoLC)70262613(SSID)ssj0000234563(PQKBManifestationID)11199775(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234563(PQKBWorkID)10242521(PQKB)10481731(MdBmJHUP)muse13769(Au-PeEL)EBL792174(CaPaEBR)ebr10495357(CaONFJC)MIL323259(MiAaPQ)EBC792174(EXLCZ)99100000000046341120060407d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReflections on constitutional law[electronic resource] /George AnastaploLexington, Ky. University Press of Kentuckyc20061 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-2396-8 0-8131-9156-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.An introduction to constitutionalism -- Magna Carta (1215) -- The Declaration of Independence (1776) -- The Articles of Confederation (1776-1789) ; the Northwest Ordinance (1787) -- Emergence of the constitution (1786-1791) -- Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- Swift v. Tyson (1842) ; Erie Railroad Company v. Tompkins (1938) -- Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816) ; M'culloch v. Maryland (1819) -- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) -- Burdens on interstate commerce (1905-1981) -- Missouri v. Holland (1920) ; Wickard v. Filburn (1942) -- The presidency and the constitution -- A government of enumerated powers? -- Realism and the study of constitutional law -- The challenges of skepticism for the constitutionalist -- Constitutionalism and the common law : the Erie problem reconsidered -- The Confederate Constitution (1861-1865) -- The Japanese relocation cases (1943,1944) -- Calder v. Bull (1798) ; Barron v. Baltimore (1833) -- Corfield v. Coryell (1823) and the privileges and immunities puzzles -- The slaughter-house cases (1872) : a false start? -- The civil rights cases (1883) ; Plessey v. Ferguson (1896) : more false starts? -- Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) ; Brown v. Board of Education (1954, 1955) -- Affirmative action and the Fourteenth Amendment -- San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973) -- Whose votes count for what--and when?In a trend that disturbs nationally known constitutional scholar George Anastaplo, law schools now place very little emphasis on the study of the United States Constitution as a document. Today, many constitutional law professors spend less than a week teaching the history, philosophical tenets, and legal origins of the Constitution itself and more time on Supreme Court cases. In Reflections on Constitutional Law, Anastaplo emphasizes the continuing significance and importance of the Constitution by examining the most important influences on the American constitutional system, including theConstitutional lawUnited StatesConstitutional historyUnited StatesConstitutional lawUnited StatesCasesConstitutional lawConstitutional historyConstitutional law342.73Anastaplo George1925-1124526MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777654603321Reflections on constitutional law3778144UNINA