Amazon.com description: Product Description: Contexts of the Constitution provides the primary documents that frame the fundamental principles of American constitutional government. The documents are arranged by principle, including the principles of constitutionalism, equality and federalism and taken from their original sources. Contexts of the Constitution gives teachers of constitutional law, political theory and American history a usefully arranged, ready and accurate text for use as a primary text or supplement. It gives students of constitutional law access to documents that are referenced to — or at least the context of — decisions they are reading. It gives students of political science and hi story a useful primary collection for understanding fundamental principles.