Major Problems in American Constitutional History Documents and Essays, Volume I

by Hall, Kermit; Paterson, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780669212099
• ISBN10: 0669212091
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-01-02
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Tracing the historical development of American constitutional thought, this distinctive anthology presents the documents critical to constitutional development, including actual legal texts as well as the reactions of prominent legal minds.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Constitutional History and Constitutionalism	1	(22)
ESSAYS	2	(21)
Hendrik Hartog
A History of Rights Consciousness	2	(13)
Herman Belz
In Defense of Liberal Pluralism and Constitutionalism	15	(8)
CHAPTER 2 Constitutionalism Before the Constitution	23	(39)
DOCUMENTS	25	(18)
Magna Carta, 1215	25	(3)
The Virginia Charter, 1606	28	(2)
Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony of Virginia, 1610-1611	30	(4)
An Ordinance and Constitution... for a Council of State and General Assembly in Virginia, 1621	34	(1)
The Mayflower Compact, 1620	35	(1)
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639	36	(2)
William Penn's Preface to the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682	38	(2)
Pennsylvania Charter of Liberties, 1701	40	(3)
ESSAYS	43	(19)
Gary B. Nash
Expediency and Early Constitutionalism	43	(11)
Donald S. Lutz
The Idealism of Early Constitutionalism	54	(8)
CHAPTER 3 The Rise of Republican Constitutionalism	62	(58)
DOCUMENTS	64	(27)
John Locke on the Ends of Political Society and Government, 1690	64	(3)
James Otis Argues Against the Writs of Assistance, 1761	67	(2)
Farmers Demand "Liberty and Property, Without Oppression": Grievances of Monmouth County, East Jersey, 1769	69	(2)
Thomas Paine Calls for a Break with England, 1776	71	(4)
The Declaration of Independence, 1776	75	(3)
The Pennsylvania Constitution, 1776	78	(9)
The Massachusetts Bill of Rights, 1780	87	(4)
ESSAYS	91	(29)
Bernard Bailyn
The Birth of Republican Constitutionalism	91	(6)
Isaac Kramnick
John Locke and Liberal Constitutionalism	97	(17)
Pauline Maier
Insurrection As a Step to Constitutionalism	114	(6)
CHAPTER 4 Creating the American Republic, 1787	120	(58)
DOCUMENTS	122	(25)
Proposed Plans for the National Government	122	(1)
a. The Virginia, or Randolph, Plan, May 29, 1787	122	(2)
b. The New Jersey, or Paterson, Plan, June 15, 1787	124	(1)
c. The Hamilton Plan, June 18, 1787	125	(2)
The Debate over Establishing the Federal Legislature, May-June 1787	127	(6)
The Debate over Slavery and Representation in the Constitution, June-July 1787	133	(10)
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787	143	(4)
ESSAYS	147	(31)
John P. Roche
The Practical Democracy of the Framers	147	(13)
Forrest McDonald
The Power of Ideas in the Convention	160	(9)
Gordon Wood
Virtue and Politics in the Convention	169	(9)
CHAPTER 5 Ratification and the Bill of Rights	178	(53)
DOCUMENTS	179	(23)
Robert Yates and John Lansing of New York Urge Against Ratification of the Constitution, 1787	179	(2)
The Albany Anti-Federal Committee Outlines the Weaknesses of the Constitution, 1788	181	(1)
George Mason's Objections to the Proposed Constitution, 1787	182	(2)
"Brutus" Blasts the New National Government, 1787	184	(3)
Patrick Henry and John Marshall Debate Judicial Authority, 1788	187	(3)
James Madison on Representation and Sovereignty, 1788	190	(6)
James Madison on the Bill of Rights, 1789	196	(6)
ESSAYS	202	(29)
Murray Dry
The Anti-Federalists and the American Constitutional Tradition	202	(17)
David F. Epstein
How to Understand the Federalists	219	(12)
CHAPTER 6 Freedom of Expression in the New Republic	231	(45)
DOCUMENTS	233	(20)
The Sedition Act, 1798	233	(1)
The Kentucky Resolutions, November 16, 1798	234	(4)
The Virginia Resolutions, December 24, 1798	238	(1)
The Kentucky Resolutions, February 22, 1799	239	(2)
Rhode Island Reply to the Virginia Resolution, 1799	241	(1)
New Hampshire Reply to the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, 1799	242	(1)
Lyon's Case	242	(3)
Republican Lawyer George Hay on the Liberty of the Press, 1799	245	(6)
Federalist Editor Harry Croswell Lambastes President Thomas Jefferson, 1802	251	(2)
ESSAYS	253	(23)
Leonard W. Levy
The Republicans and the Transformation of Libertarian Thought	253	(8)
Walter Berns
The Federalists and the Transformation of Libertarian Thought	261	(15)
CHAPTER 7 The Establishment of Federal Judicial Review	276	(57)
DOCUMENTS	278	(36)
Alexander Hamilton Defends Judicial Review, 1788	278	(5)
Marbury v. Madison, 1803	283	(6)
Articles of Impeachment Against Samuel Chase, 1803	289	(2)
M'Culloch v. Maryland, 1819	291	(8)
Niles' Weekly Register Assails the Court, 1819	299	(2)
Eakin v. Raub, 1825	301	(3)
Justice Joseph Story Defends Judicial Standards of Interpretation, 1833	304	(10)
ESSAYS	314	(19)
Francis N. Stites
John Marshall and Constitutional Adaptation	314	(9)
Christopher Wolfe
John Marshall and the Faithful Interpretation of the Constitution	323	(10)
CHAPTER 8 Andrew Jackson, the Presidency, and Separation of Powers	333	(31)
DOCUMENTS	335	(15)
President Andrew Jackson on the People's Rights, 1829	335	(2)
President Jackson Vetoes the Maysville Road Bill, 1830	337	(2)
President Jackson Vetoes the Second Bank of the United States, 1832	339	(6)
Senator John Tyler on "King Andrew," 1834	345	(1)
Senator Daniel Webster on Responsibility in Government, 1834	345	(1)
Alexis de Tocqueville Contrasts Presidency and Monarchy, 1840	346	(3)
Whig Charles Francis Adams on the Ascendancy of the President, 1841	349	(1)
ESSAYS	350	(14)
Edward Pessen
The Constitutional Expediency of Andrew Jackson	350	(7)
Robert V. Remini
Andrew Jackson as Liberator of the People and the Presidency	357	(7)
CHAPTER 9 Nullification, States' Rights, and State Sovereignty	364	(41)
DOCUMENTS	366	(23)
Vice President John C. Calhoun Protests the "Tariff of Abominations," 1828	366	(2)
Calhoun Proposes Nullification, 1828	368	(3)
Senator Daniel Webster on the Nature of the Union, 1830	371	(5)
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, 1832	376	(2)
President Andrew Jackson's Proclamation to the People of South Carolina, 1832	378	(8)
South Carolina's Ordinance to Nullify the Force Bill, 1833	386	(1)
Worcester v. Georgia, 1832	387	(2)
ESSAYS	389	(16)
Robert V. Remini
Nullification Defeated	389	(7)
Richard Ellis
Nullification Triumphant	396	(9)
CHAPTER 10 Property, Economy, and Culture in the Marshall and Taney Eras	405	(46)
DOCUMENTS	407	(21)
Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 1819	407	(7)
Providence Bank v. Billings, 1830	414	(3)
Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren Bridge, 1837	417	(11)
ESSAYS	428	(23)
Stanley I. Kutler
Law as an Economic Instrument	428	(12)
R. Kent Newmyer
Law as a Cultural Delineator	440	(11)
CHAPTER 11 State Sovereignty, Slavery, and Secession	451	(73)
DOCUMENTS	453	(42)
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 1842	453	(7)
The Fugitive Slave Act, 1850	460	(2)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854	462	(1)
Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857	463	(7)
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas Debate the Dred Scott Decision, 1858	470	(13)
South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession, 1860	483	(3)
President Lincoln Rejects Secession: The First Inaugural Address, 1861	486	(5)
The Confederate Constitution, 1861	491	(4)
ESSAYS	495	(29)
Arthur Bestor, Jr.
Secession and the Civil War as a Constitutional Crisis	495	(16)
Phillip S. Paludan
Secession as a Crisis of Local Authority	511	(13)
CHAPTER 12 Race, Gender, and the Fourteenth Amendment	524
DOCUMENTS	526	(58)
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, 1848	526	(3)
The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863	529	(1)
The Illinois State Register Denounces the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863	530	(1)
The Civil Rights Act of 1866	530	(1)
President Andrew Johnson Vetoes the Civil Rights Act, 1866	531	(4)
Congress Debates the Fourteenth Amendment, 1866	535	(11)
The Slaughterhouse Cases, 1873	546	(19)
The Civil Rights Cases, 1883	565	(7)
Minor v. Happersett, 1875	572	(8)
Bradwell v. Illinois, 1873	580	(4)
ESSAYS	584
Robert J. Kaczorowski
A Revolution in Federal Civil Rights	584	(8)
Michael Les Benedict
Federalism and the Limits of Civil Rights	592	(10)
Joan Hoff Wilson
The Supreme Court's Denial of the Rights of Women	602
APPENDIX	i
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union	i	(8)
Constitution of the United States of America	ix	(9)
Amendments to the Constitution	xviii	(9)
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America	xxvii	(13)
Supreme Court Nominations, 1789-1990	xl