Constitutionalism and American culture : writing the new constitutional history / edited by Sandra F. VanBurkleo, Kermit L. Hall, and Robert J. Kaczorowski ; foreword by Stanley N. Katz.

Other author VanBurkleo, Sandra F., 1944-
Other author Hall, Kermit L., 1944-2006.
Other author Kaczorowski, Robert J.
Format Book
Publication InfoLawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©2002.
Descriptionxxiv, 439 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Constitutional history--United States.
Culture and law--History.

Contents Constitutional contexts. Constitutional contexts: the theory of history and the process of constitutional change in revolutionary America / David Thomas Konig -- The inverted constitution: enforcing constitutional rights in the nineteenth century / Robert J. Kaczorowski -- The rise and fall of classical legal thought: preface to the modern constitution / William M. Wiecek -- The modern constitutional republic in historical perspective. Free speech and the bifurcated review project: the 'preferred position' cases / G. Edward White -- The roles of lawyers in a civil liberties crisis: Hawaii during World War II / Harry N. Scheiber and Jane L. Scheiber -- Constitutional equality for women: losing the battle, but winning the war / Cynthia Harrison -- The Warren Court and equality / Michal R. Belknap -- The overlooked litigant in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) / John W. Johnson -- Cultural history and the First Amendment: New York Times v. Sullivan and its times / Kermit L. Hall -- New directions in American constitutional history. 'Words as hard as cannon-balls': women's rights agitation and liberty of speech in nineteenth-century America / Sandra F. VanBurkleo -- Race, state, market, and civil society in constitutional history / Mark Tushnet -- Constitutional history and the 'cultural turn': cross-examining the legal-reelist narratives of Henry Fonda / Norman L. Rosenberg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001005036
ISBN0700611533 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0700611541 (pbk. : alk. paper)