Corwin & Peltason's understanding the constitution

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Main Authors: Davis Sue, 1948-
Group Author: (Jack Walter), 1923-; Corwin Edward Samuel, 1878-1963.; Peltason J. W.
Published: Thomson/Wadsworth,
Publisher Address: Belmont, CA
Publication Dates: c2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 16th ed.
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Item Description: Understanding the constitution
Corwin & Peltason's understanding the constitution.
Carrier Form: xvi, 517 p.: ill., map ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0534614078
Index Number: D971
CLC: D971.21
Call Number: D971.21/D264/16th.ed.
Contents: Peltason's name appears first on the earlier ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and context: Constitutional backgrounds -- Constitution, American politics, and the development of American Constitutional law -- Constitution of 1787: Preamble and Article I: Legislative branch -- Article II: Executive branch -- Article III: Judiciary -- Articles IV-VII -- Amendments: Bill of Rights I: Protecting individual liberties -- Bill of Rights II: Procedural boundaries -- Clarifying and modifying -- Reconstruction amendments -- Progressive era -- 1933 to 1992 -- Documents: Declaration of Independence -- Constitution of the United States.