Includes index. Kept up to date by supplements.

ch. 1. The origins of judicial review -- ch. 2. Federal jurisdiction -- ch. 3. Sources of national authority -- ch. 4. The federal commerce power -- ch. 5. Federal fiscal powers -- ch. 6. International affairs -- ch. 7. Presidential domestic power -- ch. 8. Congressional powers and privileges -- ch. 9. Constitutional limitations on the assumption of public office -- ch. 10. How a bill becomes a law -- ch. 11. The commerce clause and restrictions on state regulatory powers -- ch. 12. Federal regulation and state authority -- ch. 13. State taxation -- ch. 14. Individual liberties : an overview -- ch. 15. Substantive due process -- ch. 16. State action -- ch. 17. Procedural due process : the requirement of fair adjudicative procedures -- ch. 18. Equal protection -- ch. 19. Congressional enforcement of civil rights -- ch. 20. Freedom of speech -- ch. 21. Freedom of religion -- ch. 22. Naturalization and citizenship -- ch. 23. Theories and methods of constitutional construction and interpretation in the case law and the literature -- App. A. The Declaration of Independence (1776) -- App. B. The Articles of Confederation (1777) -- App. C. The Ordinance of 1787 : the Northwest Territorial Government -- App. D. The Judiciary Act of 1789 -- App. E. The civil rights statutes of the post Civil War Reconstruction -- App. F. The modern civil rights statutes -- App. G. The justices of the Supreme Court in historical perspective -- App. H. United States courts of appeals and United States district courts map -- App. I. National reporter system map regional/federal. App. J. An organizational chart of the government of the United States -- App. K. The presidents and vice presidents of the United States in historical perspective -- App. L. The states of the union : historical data -- App. M. Proposed amendments not ratified by the states -- App. N. The Constitution of the United States -- App. O. Constitutional law research on WESTLAW.