The Living U.S. Constitution: Third Revised Edition

by Saul K. Padover, Jacob W. Landynski (Revised by)

Overview

This invaluable book updated the study of constitutional law with the addition of twenty contemporary Supreme Court cases dealing with such controversial topics as the legislative veto, stop-and-frisk, “set asides” to benefit minorities, and hate speech. Beginning with the story of the forming of the Constitution, it includes illuminating character sketches of the delegates written by their contemporaries, as well as the complete text of the Constitution itself. The Supreme Court decisions that the author cites were selected for their variety and complexity, and because they shed light on the problems that arise under the rule of the Constitution and the interpretations of that rule.
 
This third edition was prepared by Jacob W. Landynski, an expert on constitutional law and a longtime colleague at the New School for Social Research of the original author, the outstanding historian and political scientist Saul K. Padover. Besides adding twenty additional cases, Professor Landynski re-edited the existing cases and rewrote the case introductions throughout in order to make the book as informative and concise as possible. The result is a unique and important contribution toward understanding the document upon which our nation is founded.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780452011472
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/1995
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction: The Supreme Court and the Constitution
Note to the Reader

I. The Constitution
The Constitutional Convention
The Ratification Debates
Later Comments on the Constitution
Appendix 1. Delegates and Signers:
a. List of Delegates (by States)
b. Signers (Alphabetical)
Appendix 2. Contemporary Pen Portraits of the Delegates a. Major Pierce's Character Sketches b. French Character Sketches
Appendix 3. Chronological Table
II.The Judicial Power
1. Marbury v. Madison
2. Calder v. Bull
3. Ex Parte McCardle
4. Missouri V. Jenkins
Appendix 1. The Supreme Court on Precedent
Appendix 2. The Supreme Court on Democracy
Appendix 3. American Statesmen and Supreme Court Justices on Judicial Review:
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Justice Harlan
Justice Holmes
Justice Roberts
Justice Stone
Justice Sutherland
Justice Black
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Brennan
III. The Federal System
5. McCulloch v. Maryland
6. Cohens v. Virginia
7. Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana
8. Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
9. South Dakota v. Dole
IV. Separation of Powers
10. Humphrey's Executor v. United States
11. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
12. United States v. Nixon
13. Watkins v. United States
14. Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha
15. Mistretta v. United States
V. Foreign Affairs and National Security
16. The Prize Cases
17. Missouri v. Holland
18. United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
19. New York Times Co. v. United States
20. Ex Parte Milligan
21. Korematsu v. United States
VI. The Commerce Power
22. Gibbons v. Ogden
23. Cooley v. Board of Wardens
24a. Hammer v. Dagenhart; 24b. United States v. Darby
25. Wickard v. Filburn
26. Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona
27. Philadephia v. New Jersey
28. Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
VII. Substantive Due Process
A. Economic Rights
29. Slaughter-House Cases
30. Lochner v. New York
31. West Coast Hotel Co. v. ParrishbrB. Right to Privacy

32. Griswold v. Connecticut
33. Roe v. Wade
34. Harris v. McRae
35. Planned Parenthood v. Casey
VIII. Equal Protection
36. Civil Rights Cases
37. Plessy v. Ferguson
38a. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; 38 b. Bolling v. Sharpe
39. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
40. Richmond v. Croson Co.
41. Reed v. Reed
42. Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
43. Reynolds v. Sims
IX. Civil Liberties: First Amendment Freedoms
A. Freedom of Speech and of the Press
44. Schenck v. United States
45. Dennis v. United States
46. New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
47. R.A.V. v. St. Paul
B. Establishment of Religion, Free Exercise
48a. Minersville School District v. Gobitis; 48b. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
49. Wisconsin v. Yoder
50. Abington School District v. Schempp
X. Civil Liberties: Criminal Procedures
51. Palko v. Connecticut
52. United States v. Leon
53a. Olmstead v. United States; 53b. Katz v. United States
54. Terry v. Ohio
55. Gideon v. Wainwright
56. Miranda v. Arizona
57. Gregg v. Georgia

Appendix A. List of Supreme Court Decisions with Citations
Appendix B. Justices of the United States Supreme Court
1. Chief Justices (Alphabetical Order)
2. Chief Justices (Chronological Order)
3. Associate Justices (Alphabetical Order)
4. Presidents and Their Supreme Court Appointments
Appendix C. The Declaration of Independence
Appendix D. The Constitution of the United States
Indexed Guide to the Constitution and Supreme Court Decisions