Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the United States Constitution on September 17th, 1787. This collection of titles provides insight into how the Constitution has been amended and utilized to define the basic rights of United States citizens and highlights the cases and people who fought for those rights.
Books for Constitution Day
By Coll Rowe | September 13 2024 | Political Science
Landmark cases address the origins of judicial review, racial discrimination, civil rights and liberties, The 14th amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and federal government regulatory powers.
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Philosophy of Law
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitution
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitutional Law
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > The Courts and Judicial Process
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Constitutional Law
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Uncovering vivid and engaging stories about First Amendment pioneers, How Free Speech Saved Democracy shows how their struggle made possible the surging protests that aim to expand democracy today.
To understand the most contentious issues around religious liberty, this volume provides influential philosophical ideas from the U.S.’s founding to the present day and key U.S. Supreme Court judgements to ask how the two twin pillars of religious freedom—free exercise and the limit on religious establishment—unfold in daily life.
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Philosophy of Religion
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitution
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitutional Law
- Political Science > Comparative Politics > Religion and Politics
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Theory and Thought
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Religion
- Sociology > Sociological Theory > Specialized Courses
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Constitutional Law
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Constitutional Law First Amendment
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > First Amendment
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Religion and Law
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Speech is the life blood of democracy, but only if we understand its true meaning, and its role in sustaining our government. Key texts from the U.S. Supreme Court, John Stuart Mill, Alexander Meiklejohn, Ida B. Wells and Charles Lawrence illuminate the immediate questions and pressing issues of free speech.
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitution
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitutional Law
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Theory and Thought
- Sociology > Sociological Theory > Specialized Courses
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Civil Rights
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Constitutional Law
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > Constitutional Law First Amendment
- Legal and Paralegal Studies > Legal Studies > First Amendment
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Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Hartmann examines the brutal role guns have played in American history, from the genocide of the Native Americans to the enforcement of slavery and the racist post-Civil War social order.
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 19th Century
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1945-2000)
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 21st Century
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – Colonial to Present
- History > U.S. History > Legal History
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An intersectional anthology of works by the known and unknown women that shaped and established the suffrage movement, in time for the 2020 centennial of women’s right to vote.
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 19th Century
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 20th Century (1900-1945)
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Gender in America
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of Women in America
- History > Topical History > History of Women
- History > U.S. History > History of Women
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Introduction to Women's Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Sociology of Women
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Politics
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitution
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Movements and Collective Behavior
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In this book, Professor Richard Beeman has produced what every American should have: a compact, fully annotated copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and amendments, all in their entirety.
- History > Period History: U.S. > Constitutional Convention
- History > Survey Courses > U.S. History Survey – Colonial to 1865
- History > Topical History > History of Law
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Constitutional History
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > American Government
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitution
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Constitutional Law
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