Recent Aquisitions - Constitutional History

April 2008

Murray, Bruce T
Religious liberty in America: the First Amendment in historical and contemporary perspective
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press in association with Foundation for American Communications, c2008
Freedom of religion -- United States -- History
Church and state -- United States -- History
Civil religion -- United States -- History
Freedom of religion -- United States
Church and state -- United States
Civil religion -- United States
KF4783 .M87 2008
Law Library General Collection
04-08 / 04-08

March 2008

LaCroix, Alison
Drawing and redrawing the line: the pre-revolutionary origins of federal ideas of sovereignty
Occasional papers from the Law School, the University of Chicago; no. 47
Sovereignty -- History -- 16th century
Sovereignty -- History -- 17th century
Constitutional history -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration -- History -- 16th century
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration -- History -- 17th century
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
Law Library General Collection
KF389 .O32 no.47
03-08 / 03-08

McGinty, Brian
Lincoln and the Court
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008
United States. Supreme Court -- History
United States. Supreme Court -- Biography
Constitutional history -- United States
Law Library General Collection
KF8742 .M32 2008
03-08 / 03-08

Witte, John
The reformation of rights: law, religion and human rights in early modern Calvinism
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007
Calvinism -- History
Christianity and law
Christianity and politics
Church and state -- Europe -- History
Church and state -- United States -- History
Europe -- Politics and government
United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
Law Library General Collection
BX9422.2 .W58 2007
03-08 / 03-08

February 2008

Campbell, James M
Slavery on trial: race, class, and criminal justice in Antebellum Richmond, Virginia
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, c2007
New perspectives on the history of the South
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century
Slaves -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Freedmen -- Virginia -- Richmond -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Richmond (Va.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
HV9955.V8 C36 2007
Law Library General Collection
11-07 / 11-07

Ely, James W.
The guardian of every other right: a constitutional history of property rights
3rd ed
New York: Oxford University Press, 2008
Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights
Right of property -- United States -- History
KF562 .E54 2008
Law Library General Collection
12-07 / 12-07

Garry, Patrick M
An entrenched legacy: how the New Deal constitutional revolution continues to shape the role of the Supreme Court
University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, c2008
Constitutional law -- United States
Constitutional history -- United States
New Deal, 1933-1939
KF4541 .G37 2008
Law Library General Collection
02-08 / 02-08

McIlwain, Charles Howard
Constitutionalism: ancient and modern
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007
Constitutional history
Democracy
Comparative government
JF51 .M448 2007
Law Library General Collection
01-08 / 01-08

Miller, Perry
The legal mind in America: from independence to the Civil war
[1st ed.]
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1962
Anchor books, A313
Law -- United States
Jurisprudence -- United States
KF211 .M5
Law Library General Collection
02-08 / 02-08

The nature of rights at the American founding and beyond
Edited by Barry Alan Shain
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007
Constitutionalism and democracy
Constitutional history -- United States
Liberty -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
KF4541 .N38 2007
Law Library General Collection
01-08 / 01-08

January 2008

McIlwain, Charles Howard
Constitutionalism: ancient and modern
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007
Constitutional history
Democracy
Comparative government
Law Library General Collection
JF51 .M448 2007
01-08 / 01-08

The nature of rights at the American founding and beyond
Edited by Barry Alan Shain
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007
Constitutionalism and democracy
Constitutional history -- United States
Liberty -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
Law Library General Collection
KF4541 .N38 2007
01-08 / 01-08

U. S. congressional documents library
Constitutional history -- United States
Law -- United States
Legislation -- United States
United States -- History -- Sources
United States -- Politics and government
HeinOnline.
Online Resource
01-08 / 01-08

December 2007

Ely, James W.
The guardian of every other right: a constitutional history of property rights
3rd ed
Right of property -- United States -- History
Bicentennial essays on the Bill of Rights
Law Library General Collection
KF562 .E54 2008
12-07 / 12-07

A More perfect union [videorecording]: America becomes a nation
Brigham Young University
Produced by Peter N. Johnson and Nicholas J. Gasdik
Directed by Peter N. Johnson
Constitutional history -- United States
United States. Constitution
United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789
Mary Elizabeth Menefee Law and Film Collection
KF4520 .M67 1989
12-07 / 12-07

November 2007

Farris, Michael
From Tyndale to Madison: how the death of an English martyr led to the American Bill of Rights
Nashville, Tenn.: B & H Pub. Group, c2007
Freedom of religion -- History
Civil rights -- History
Religion and politics -- History
Liberty -- History
Law Library General Collection
BV741 .F37 2007
11-07 / 11-07

October 2007

Thach, Charles C., b. 1893
The creation of the presidency, 1775-1789: a study in constitutional history
Foreword by Forrest McDonald; introduction by Herbert J. Storing
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2007
Presidents -- United States
Executive power -- United States
JK511 .T52 2007
Law Library General Collection
10-07 / 10-07

September 2007

Fisher, Louis
Constitutional conflicts between Congress and the President
5th ed., rev
Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, c2007
Separation of powers -- United States
Executive power -- United States
Legislative power -- United States
Constitutional history -- United States
Law Library General Collection
KF4565 .F57 2007
09-07 / 09-07