The History, Philosophy, & Structure of the American Constitution

by Kmiec, Douglas W.; Presser, Stephen B.

• ISBN13: 9780870842610
• ISBN10: 0870842617
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Anderson Pub Co

Table of Contents

Table of Contents	xiii
Introduction	xxi
Acknowledgments	xxv
The Declaration of Independence	xxvii
The Constitution of the United States	xxxi
Supreme Court Justices	xlvii
The Philosophical and Natural Law Basis Of The American Order: Remote and Immediate Ancestors	1	(120)
The Continuing Search for Universal Truths that Advance Human Good: Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, and Bethlehem	1	(25)
Jerusalem	2	(4)
Athens	6	(5)
Rome	11	(6)
Bethlehem	17	(9)
The Late Middle Ages	26	(15)
Bracton	27	(8)
Sir Edward Coke and James I	35	(6)
The First English Revolution	41	(28)
James I on Monarchy	44	(1)
The Five Knights' Case (K.B. 1627)	45	(3)
Petition of Right	48	(3)
The King's Answer to the Nineteen Propositions (June 18,1642)	51	(2)
The Events Leading up to Civil War and Charles I's Trial	53	(16)
The Interregnum, the Restoration and the ``Glorious Revolution''	69	(52)
Milton and Hobbes	69	(20)
The Glorious Revolution and John Locke	89	(32)
The Declaration and Its Constitution-Linking First Principle to Necessary Means	121	(52)
The Constitution-Means or End?	121	(1)
The Common Law and the Natural Law	122	(6)
The Declaration of Independence-A Summary of American Fundamental Principle	128	(45)
The Declaration and the Formation of the Constitution	130	(5)
The Written Constitution-A Substitute For the Declaration?	135	(12)
The Bill of Rights Introduced: Unenumerated Natural Law Rights Preserved	147	(5)
Natural Law In The Early Supreme Court	152	(11)
The Decalaration, Natural Law, and the Modern Court	163	(10)
A Structurally-Divided, But Workable, Government	173	(168)
Historical Antecedents	173	(10)
Dividing Governmental Power	173	(6)
Checks and Balances-Public Good From Individual Interest	179	(4)
The Separation of Powers-In Constitutional Practice	183	(158)
The Judicial Power	183	(31)
The Legislative Power	214	(19)
The Executive Power	233	(108)
A Limited Government Of Enumerated Power	341	(142)
Limitations on Federal Power	341	(105)
Enumerated Powers of the Federal Government	341	(5)
Implied Powers of the Federal Governmenrt	346	(24)
The Commerce Clause	370	(51)
If Legislative Commerce Power Were Not Enough-Is There Also a Judicial or ``Dormant'' Commerce Power	421	(25)
B. State Law and Federal Elections-The Question of Term Limits	446	(37)
A Government Mindful of Dual Sovereignty	483	(116)
The Rise and Fall of Traditional State Functions	483	(28)
B. No Commandeering Allowed-The States Are Not Sub-Agencies of the Federal Government	511	(17)
C. In Light of the ``Spending'' Power, Does the Restriction on the Commerce Clause Matter?	528	(7)
Dual Sovereignty in Court-Herein Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity	535	(27)
Individual Rights Limitations on the Power of the States	562	(37)
Table of Cases	599	(6)
Table of Articles Cited	605	(4)
Index	609