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| Contents |
1790: Secretary Jefferson and the foreign affairs power -- 1791: the National Bank and the point of interpretation -- 1793: the Supreme Court and the metaphysics of sovereignty -- 1794: Kamper v. Hawkins and the role of the judiciary -- 1798 (1): Justice Paterson and the missing fundamental principle -- 1798 (2): how to think about the Sedition Act -- 1800: Marshall and the role of the political branches -- 1802: how not to think about the Judiciary Repeal Act -- 1804: Turpin v. Locket and the place of religion -- 1806: Hudgins v. Wright and the place of slavery -- 1808-1809: a forgotten crossroads in constitutional history -- 1817: President Madison vetoes his own bill -- 1818: the Congress thinks about internal improvements -- 1821: the Attorney General and the rule of law -- 1829: writing State v. Mann -- 1859: the Supreme Court and the metaphysics of supremacy -- 1862: four attorneys general and the meaning of citizenship -- 1873: Slaughterhouse revisited -- 1904: Clay May, the railroad, and Justice Holmes -- 1927: Justice Brandeis and the final end of the state -- 1944: constitutional injustice -- 2002: common ground after two centuries. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-239) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001008037 |
| ISBN | 0226677230 (cloth : alk. paper) |
