The Constitution and What It Means Today

Politics & Social Sciences

Corwin, Edward Samuel

Politics & Government

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School

A book that is very rich in information of US Constitution, its amendments, with historical backing. A concise and excellent reference for a class, academic papers and discussions.

Corwin & Peltason's Understanding the Constitution

Rules & Procedures

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

For over fifty years, UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTION has helped students understand and interpret the document that outlines America's fundamental rules and government structures. Always current and concise, this textbook goes beyond generalities to discover the major constitutional issues of our times, a constantly evolving process.

1973 Dryden Press Paperback. Sixth Edition. Stain on front cover. Minor shelfwear. 228 pages.

Corwin and Peltason's Understanding the Constitution

Dryden Press

For close to fifty years, Understanding the Constitution has helped students understand and interpret the document that outlines America's fundamental rules and government structures. Always current and concise, this textbook is an indispensable supplement for courses in constitutional law, judicial process, and the American government. Features: * This handbook examines the Constitution clause by clause in light of judicial interpretation and current applications. * Peltason provides thorough commentary for key Constitutional issues, while encouraging students to explore different interpretations of the constitution. New to this edition: * Understanding the Constitution now covers the 1995-1996 Supreme Court Session. * Peltason discusses the Supreme Court's current consideration of such volatile issues as affirmative action, cyberspace and the First Amendment, and federalism.

Corwin & Peltason's understanding the constitution

Harcourt, Brace. Jovanovich

The writings of Edward S. Corwin not only cover a vast array of political developments from the first half of the twentieth century, but also reveal Corwin's oftentimes deep personal involvement in those events. Kenneth Crews' compilation of Corwin's most important essays makes a critical and unique contribution to the literature of American politics and law. Although many of Corwin's books came from well-known publishing houses and many of his essays appeared in familiar journals, many of his most important contributions to political thought were published in local newspapers, foreign periodicals, and other publications no longer easily available to many scholars. Such essays constitute the foundation of this book: Corwin's writings about the New Deal and Court-packing, his year in China, his ambiguous support for Woodrow Wilson, and his kind words for Eisenhower and Nixon in the 1950s. These essays also reveal a prominent scholar taking strong positions on political events, from the decision to enter World War I to the challenges of democracy under the threat of atomic war and expanding presidential powers.

Corwin's Constitution: Essays and Insights of Edward S. Corwin (Contributions in Legal Studies)

Praeger Pub Text

For over seventy-five years Edward S. Corwin's text has been a basic reference in the study of U.S. Constitutional Law. The 14th edition, the first new edition since 1973, brings the volume up to date through 1977.
In this classic work, historian Edward Corwin presented the text of the U.S. Constitution along with his own commentary on its articles, sections, clauses, and amendments. Corwin was a renowned authority on constitutional law and jurisprudence, and was hired at Princeton University by Woodrow Wilson in 1905. 
 Far from being an impersonal textbook, Corwin's edition was full of opinion. Not afraid to express his own strong views of the development of American law, Corwin offered piquant descriptions of the debates about the meaning of clauses, placing recent decisions of the court "in the familiar setting of his own views." The favor of his style is evident in his comments on judicial review ("American democracy's way of covering its bet") and the cabinet ("an administrative anachronism" that should be replaced by a legislative council "whose daily salt does not come from the Presidential table").
 Corwin periodically revised the book for nearly forty years, incorporating into each new edition his views of new Supreme Court rulings and other changes in American law. Although Corwin intended his book for the general public, his interpretations always gained the attention of legal scholars and practitioners. The prefaces he wrote to the revised editions were often controversial for the views he offered on the latest developments of constitutional law, and the book only grew in stature and recognition. 
 After his death in 1963, other scholars prepared subsequent editions, fourteen in all.

Edward S. Corwin's The Constitution and what it means today

Princeton University Press

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History

Wentworth Press

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Cornell University Library

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