Documents of American Constitutional and Legal History Volume 1: From the Founding to 1896

by Urofsky, Melvin I.; Finkelman, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780195323115
• ISBN10: 0195323114
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Documents of American Constitutional and Legal History, Third Edition, is a two-volume companion to Urofsky and Finkelman's successful text, A March of Liberty, Second Edition. Organized chronologically, this documents reader skillfully weaves together constitutional and legal history, offering students a mix of both frequently cited and lesser-known--but equally important--historical documents and court decisions that have been instrumental in shaping the nation's constitutional development. The editors provide an introduction to each document, which summarizes its significance and places it within its historical context. Each introduction is followed by a brief list of suggestions for further reading. Both volumes contain the complete text of the U.S. Constitution for ease of reference. The third edition has been updated to include both newly significant documents from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries and many recent legal documents of significance, from the latest Supreme Court decisions up through the recent Guantanamo Bay controversy. In addition, the introductions have been revised and the suggested reading sections have been updated to reflect recent scholarship. For the first time, this edition will also include the voting records for each case and an appendix of U.S. Supreme court judges and their tenures. This reader is an essential resource for anyone studying U.S. Constitutional History and/or Law.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Magna Carta (1215)	p. 7
Letters Patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte (1578)	p. 3
Virginia Rules on Conduct and Religion (1619)	p. 5
Blacks and Slavery Come to Virginia (1619-1640)	p. 1
Mayflower Compact (1620)	p. 8
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)	p. 10
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution (1644)	p. 12
Virginia Statutes on Slavery (1662-1669)	p. 14
Frame of Government (1682)	p. 16
Resolutions on Slavery of the Germantown Mennonites (1688)	p. 21
The English Bill of Rights (1689)	p. 22
Second Treatise on Government (1690)	p. 26
Zenger's Case (1735)	p. 29
Indian and English Views on Property (1742)	p. 35
Against the Writs of Assistance (1761)	p. 38
Parliamentary Omnipotence (1765)	p. 41
Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions (1765)	p. 43
Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (1765)	p. 44
Declaratory Act (1766)	p. 46
Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, II (1767)	p. 48
Somerset v. Stewart (1772)	p. 50
Common Sense (1776)	p. 53
Thoughts on Government (1776)	p. 58
Declaration of Independence (1776)	p. 62
The Pennsylvania Bill of Rights (1776)	p. 67
Pennsylvania Gradual Abolition Act of 1780	p. 69
The Articles of Confederation (1781)	p. 73
Vermont Reception Statute (1782)	p. 80
Land Ordinance (1785)	p. 81
Observations on the Pernicious Practice of Law (1786)	p. 83
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786)	p. 85
The Northwest Ordinance (1787)	p. 87
The Constitutional Convention: Proposals for Government (1787)	p. 91
The Virginia Plan	p. 92
The New Jersey Plan	p. 94
Hamilton's Plan	p. 95
Constitution of the United States (1787)	p. 97
Objections to the Proposed Constitution (1787)	p. 115
The Federalist (1787-1788)	p. 118
Number 10	p. 118
Number 78	p. 122
Brutus, No. 1 (1787)	p. 124
Judiciary Act (1789)	p. 126
Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (1791)	p. 129
Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States (1791)	p. 133
Reply to Washington on Advisory Opinions (1793)	p. 136
Pacificus No. I (1793)	p. 138
Helvidius No. I (1793)	p. 141
Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)	p. 144
Hylton v. United States (1796)	p. 147
The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)	p. 151
Naturalization Act of 1798	p. 152
The Alien Friends Act	p. 154
The Alien Enemies Act	p. 155
The Sedition Act of 1798	p. 155
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798)	p. 156
Georgia Judiciary Act (1799)	p. 163
Instruction from Virginia Assembly to the Virginia Senators on Common Law (1800)	p. 165
First Inaugural Address (1801)	p. 166
Marbury v. Madison (1803)	p. 170
Stuart v. Laird (1803)	p. 176
Memorandum on Louisiana Purchase (1803)	p. 178
Charge to Grand Jury (1803)	p. 181
Palmer v. Mulligan (1805)	p. 183
Commonwealth v. Pullis (1806) (The Philadelphia Cordwainders Case)	p. 185
Ex Parte Bollman (1807)	p. 188
United States v. Peters (1809)	p. 191
Fletcher v. Peck (1810)	p. 194
Sands v. Taylor (1810)	p. 198
United States v. Hudson and Goodwin (1812)	p. 201
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816)	p. 203
Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)	p. 207
Sturges v. Crowninshield (1819)	p. 214
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)	p. 217
Defense of States' Rights (1820)	p. 226
Against Universal Suffrage (1821)	p. 229
Cohens v. Virginia (1821)	p. 232
Johnson and Graham's Lessee v. M'Intosh (1823)	p. 237
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)	p. 245
Eakin v. Raub (1825)	p. 249
Tyler v. Wilkinson (1827)	p. 252
American Insurance Co. v. Canter (1828)	p. 255
Lansing v. Smith (1828)	p. 259
South Carolina Exposition (1828)	p. 262
State v. Mann (1829)	p. 265
Veto of Maysville Road Bill (1830)	p. 269
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification (1832)	p. 271
Veto of Bank Bill (1832)	p. 274
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)	p. 281
Barron v. Baltimore (1833)	p. 287
Rules of Constitutional Interpretation (1833)	p. 290
Declaration of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833)	p. 299
Commonwealth v. Aves (1836)	p. 303
Mayor of New York v. Miln (1837)	p. 307
Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren (1837)	p. 312
Nickerson's Case (1837)	p. 316
Parker v. Foote (1838)	p. 319
Mercein v. People Ex. Rel. Barry (1840)	p. 322
Swift v. Tyson (1842)	p. 325
Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)	p. 328
Farwell v. Boston & Worcester Railroad (1842)	p. 333
Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842)	p. 338
Jones v. Van Zandt (1847)	p. 342
What Shall Be Done with the Practice of the Courts? (1847)	p. 344
Declaration of Seneca Falls Convention (1848)	p. 350
State v. Caesar (1849)	p. 352
Luther v. Borden (1849)	p. 359
Roberts v. City of Boston (1849)	p. 363
Fugitive Slave Act (1850)	p. 367
Commonwealth v. Alger (1851)	p. 370
Cooley v. Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia (1851)	p. 375
Ohio Constitution (1851)	p. 378
Hentz v. Long Island Railroad Co. (1852)	p. 384
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852)	p. 387
Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act (1855)	p. 395
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)	p. 397
Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)	p. 410
Ableman v. Booth (1859)	p. 414
Slave Code of Virginia (1860)	p. 419
Limits of Federal Power (1860)	p. 426
South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (1860)	p. 431
Kentucky v. Dennison (1861)	p. 432
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America (1861)	p. 438
First Inaugural Address (1861)	p. 446
Ex Parte Merryman (1861)	p. 453
Land Policy on the Home Front	p. 458
The Homestead Act (1862)	p. 459
The Morrill [Land Grant College] Act (1862)	p. 459
The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)	p. 460
Prize Cases (1863)	p. 463
Adequacy of the Constitution (1863)	p. 468
Gettysburg Address (1863)	p. 471
Early Plans for Reconstruction (1863-1864)	p. 472
Ten Percent Plan (1863)	p. 474
Wade-Davis Bill (1864)	p. 476
Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction (1864)	p. 478
Wade-Davis Manifesto (1864)	p. 479
Constitutionality of Draft (1864)	p. 481
Ex Parte Vallandigham (1864)	p. 484
Second Inaugural Address (1865)	p. 486
Black Codes of Alabama and Mississippi (1865)	p. 488
Alabama Acts	p. 489
Mississippi Acts	p. 492
Civil Rights Act (1866)	p. 495
Veto of Civil Rights Act (1866)	p. 499
Ex Parte Milligan (1866)	p. 504
Articles of Impeachment Against Andrew Johnson (1867)	p. 509
Ex Parte McCardle (1867)	p. 513
Ex Parte Yerger (1869)	p. 515
Texas v. White (1869)	p. 520
Legal Tender Cases (1871)	p. 526
Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)	p. 531
Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)	p. 536
Minor v. Happersett (1875)	p. 539
Commonwealth v. Hamilton Manufacturing Co. (1876)	p. 542
Munn v. Illinois (1877)	p. 543
Reynolds v. United States (1879)	p. 547
Civil Rights Cases (1883)	p. 552
Crow Dog's Case (1883)	p. 556
Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)	p. 562
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Illinois (1886)	p. 565
The Police Power (1886)	p. 567
Fong Yue Ting v. United States et al. (1893)	p. 571
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895)	p. 577
In re Debs (1895)	p. 580
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895)	p. 582
Ritchie v. People (1895)	p. 586
The Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)	p. 589
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)	p. 593
Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court	p. A1
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