Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-447). Includes indexes.

The search for constitutionalism -- Constitutionalism before the Constitution -- The framing of the Constitution -- The legislative power -- The executive power -- The judicial power -- Federalism : the nation and the states -- Citizen control : voting rights -- Realizing freedom : the abolition of slavery -- Latent rights : the Fourteenth Amendment -- Freedom of expression : the First Amendment -- Freedom of conscience : separating church and state -- The father reaches of liberty -- The procedural guarantees of criminal justice : making the government safe for the people -- Ending America's original sin : the abolition of racial discrimination -- Beyond race : equality for all? -- The constitutional theory of property -- Policing the market : the commerce power -- Reform and the future of the Constitution.