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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Constitution and what it means today	Edward S. Corwin	For over fifty years this book has been a basic resource in the study of U.S. Constitutional Law. Frequently updated, it has kept pace with current interpretations of the Constitution, primarily as r…	OL1200851W
Gun control on trial	Brian Doherty	Examines the Supreme Court twenty-first-century debate over gun control in the United States, and focuses on the controversy over the District of Columbia v. Heller case that ruled in favor of Dick H…	OL12268807W
The Reconstruction Amendments	Michael Burgan	Describes how the Reconstruction Amendments were developed, helping to shape the nation trying to restore order after a bloody civil war.	OL15037100W
The Constitution	David Armentrout,Patricia Armentrout	Explains the formation of the United States Constitution, the people involved in getting it ratified, and how it changed government.	OL1809931W
A principled stand	Gordon K. Hirabayashi	"In 1942, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi defied the curfew and mass removal of Japanese Americans on the West Coast, and was subsequently convicted and imprisoned as a result. In…	OL19622470W
Who freed the slaves?	Leonard L. Richards	"In the popular imagination, slavery in the United States ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation may have been limited--freeing only slaves within Confederate states…	OL19663105W
Friend of the court	Floyd Abrams	This collection of Abrams' writings gathers speeches, articles, debates, briefs, oral arguments, and testimony from his entire career. The writings illuminate topics of ongoing import: WikiLeaks, the…	OL19668728W
Madison's music	Burt Neuborne	"Are you sitting down? It turns out that everything you learned about the First Amendment is wrong. For too long, we've been treating small, isolated snippets of the text as infallible gospel without…	OL19996533W
The Bill of Rights	Carol Berkin	Describes how the Bill of Rights came into existence, detailing how the Founders argued over the contents of the document, reflecting an ideological divide between the power of the federal versus sta…	OL19998877W
American Politics	William Lasser	[The book] presents the fundamental structures, processes, and actors in the American political system and shows how these individual entities work both with and against each other to produce an effe…	OL2025220W
The Heritage guide to the Constitution	Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)	Analyzes each line of the American federal government's written set of principles and precedents, interpreting the original intent of each clause of the Constitution.	OL20628014W
Let's Celebrate Constitution Day (Holidays & Heroes)	Barbara deRubertis	On September 17 every year, we remember the signing of the Constitution by the Founders who fought, struggled, argued, and compromised to secure the freedoms we now enjoy. It is also a popular day fo…	OL21240575W
A right to bear arms?	Gerald Petersen	" ... an inquiry into the historical derivation and meaning of the Second Amendment. Why was this amendment written the way it was? What were the fears and feelings of the Founders? What role did the…	OL24164549W
It's Our Right	Lara Bove	A history of civil rights in the United States, including suffrage, slavery, voting rights.	OL24686909W
Lawfare	Brooke Goldstein	The free speech rights of authors, researchers and journalists writing on issues of public security and national concern are increasingly under attack through both violent and non-violent means. An i…	OL27291613W
Capsulas informativas constitucionales	David J. Shestokas	Cápsulas Informativas Constitucionales es una publicación nueva y pionera para la comunidad hispanohablante estadounidense. David Shestokas, abogado, en colaboración con la Dra. Berta Arias, profesor…	OL27718759W
The Third Amendment	Burnham Holmes	Studies the historical circumstances in the American colonies that eventually led to the drafting of the Third Amendment, which forbids the arbitrary quartering of troops in private homes.	OL3473796W
The Bill of Rights	John J. Patrick	Uses contemporary documents to explore the history of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the British traditions on which they were based, and their impact on American society.	OL3907905W
The Seventh Amendment	Lila E. Summer	Studies the historical origins of the Seventh Amendment, which guarantees citizens the right of trial by jury in civil cases, or those cases involving money and property.	OL4287060W
The Sixth Amendment	Eden Force	Studies the historical origins of provisions of the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees certain rights of trial to persons accused of crimes.	OL4451941W