Product Description: From the first drafts of the Constitution to the latest debates in the Supreme Court, Michael Les Benedict presents a concise analysis of the U. S. Constitution's development in a supremely accessible format. It uses Constitutional developments as a timeline for the social and political context of America from colonial through contemporary times, and provides necessary background for anyone seeking to know how today's government evolved...read more

Product Description: Americans' ideas about constitutional liberty played a crucial role in the history of Reconstruction. They provided the basis for the Republican program of equal rights; ironically, they also set the limits to that program and reduced the prospects for its success...read more

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Probes into the efforts to remove Johnson from the presidency and details the results of the impeachment trial

Product Description: John Appleton was a prominent American lawyer who practiced in and around Bangor, Maine, beginning in the early 1820s and earned a national reputation as Chief Justice of Maine's supreme court. Through a study of Appleton's life and thought, Gold shows how the commitment to individual liberty and personal responsibility helped shape nineteenth-century American law...read more