Proven effective through years of successful classroom use, the casebook:
* traces the historical, political, and social development of constitutional law, then considers constitutional questions in a broad historical context
* presents cutting-edge contributions from important contemporary legal scholars
* discusses seminal cases from the annals of history that show the relevance of historical materials to modern constitutional analysis
* provides full treatment of the important issues of civil rights, federalism, and separation of powers
* draws on the combined expertise of an outstanding author team
* contains particularly strong chapters on the constitutional treatment of sex equality and race

Longtime users will find much new information in the Fifth Edition, including:
* timely coverage of civil liberties during wartime
* revised and expanded treatment of constitutional rights of sexual orientation minorities
* more material on rights of the poor and constitutional rights in the welfare state
* full analysis of new doctrines on federalism and civil rights powers

Table of Contents
Part One. Introduction
1. The Bank of the United States: A Case Study
2. The Marshall Court
3. The Taney Court and the Civil War: 1835-1865
4. From Reconstruction to the New Deal: 1866-1934
Part Two. Constitutional Adjudication in the Modern World
5. Economic Regulation, Federalism, and Separation of Powers in the Modern Era
6. The Burdens of History: The Constitutional Treatment of Race
7. Sex Equality
8. Implied Fundamental Rights: The Constitution, the Family, and the Body
9. The Constitution in the Modern Welfare State