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The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation

The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation

by Edward Samuel Corwin

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Editor
Corwin, Edward Samuel, 1878-1963
Title
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952
Credits
E-text prepared by Kevin Handy, Lisa Reigel, John Hagerson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
KF: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: United States
Subject
Constitutions -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
18637
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18637
Release Date
June 20, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  2. 2.ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION — ANNOTATIONS OF CASES DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TO JUNE 30, 1952 — Prepared by the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress — Edward S. Corwin, Editor — UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1953
  3. 3.SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 69
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.PREFACE
  6. 6.EDITOR'S FOREWORD
  7. 7.INTRODUCTION — I — Federalism — II — The Separation of Powers — III — A Government of Laws and Not of Men — IV — The Concept of Substantive Due Process of Law — Résumé
  8. 8.CONTENTS — [For contents in detail, see tables at beginning of each article and amendment]
  9. 9.THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — HISTORICAL NOTE ON FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
  10. 10.THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — LITERAL PRINT — CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
  11. 11.AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO, AND AMENDMENT OF, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROPOSED BY CONGRESS, AND RATIFIED BY THE SEVERAL STATES, PURSUANT TO THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION. [a]
  12. 12.THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH ANNOTATIONS — PREAMBLE — THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH ANNOTATIONS
  13. 13.ARTICLE I — LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT — LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
  14. 14.ARTICLE II — EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT — EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
  15. 15.ARTICLE III — THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT — JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
  16. 16.ARTICLE IV — STATES' RELATIONS — STATE'S RELATIONS
  17. 17.ARTICLE V — MODE OF AMENDMENT — MODE OF AMENDMENT
  18. 18.ARTICLE VI — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  19. 19.ARTICLE VII — RATIFICATION
  20. 20.AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION — AMENDMENTS NOS. 1-10 — Bill of Rights — AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION — AMENDMENTS NOS. 1-10
  21. 21.AMENDMENT 1 — RELIGION, FREE SPEECH, ETC. — RELIGION, FREE SPEECH, ETC.
  22. 22.AMENDMENT 2 — BEARING ARMS
  23. 23.AMENDMENT 3 — QUARTERING SOLDIERS
  24. 24.AMENDMENT 4 — SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
  25. 25.AMENDMENT 5 — RIGHTS OF PERSONS — RIGHTS OF PERSONS
  26. 26.AMENDMENT 6 — RIGHTS OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS — RIGHTS OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS
  27. 27.AMENDMENT 7 — CIVIL TRIALS — CIVIL TRIALS
  28. 28.AMENDMENT 8 — BAIL, FINES, AND OTHER PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME — PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME
  29. 29.AMENDMENT 9 — RIGHTS RETAINED BY THE PEOPLE
  30. 30.AMENDMENT 10 — RESERVED STATE POWERS — RESERVED STATE POWERS
  31. 31.AMENDMENT 11 — SUITS AGAINST STATES — SUITS AGAINST STATES
  32. 32.AMENDMENT 12 — ELECTION OF PRESIDENT — ELECTION OF PRESIDENT
  33. 33.AMENDMENT 13 — SLAVERY AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE — SLAVERY AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE
  34. 34.AMENDMENT 14 — RIGHTS OF CITIZENS — RIGHTS OF CITIZENS — APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATION — DISQUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS — PUBLIC DEBT, ETC. — ENFORCEMENT
  35. 35.AMENDMENT 15 — RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO VOTE — AMENDMENT 15.—RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO VOTE
  36. 36.AMENDMENT 16 — INCOME TAX — INCOME TAX
  37. 37.AMENDMENT 17 — POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS — POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS
  38. 38.AMENDMENT 18 — PROHIBITION OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS — PROHIBITION OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS
  39. 39.AMENDMENT 19 — EQUAL SUFFRAGE — EQUAL SUFFRAGE
  40. 40.AMENDMENT 20 — COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ETC. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ETC.
  41. 41.AMENDMENT 21 — REPEAL OF EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT — REPEAL OF EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
  42. 42.AMENDMENT 22 — PRESIDENTIAL TENURE
  43. 43.ACTS OF CONGRESS HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
  44. 44.TABLE OF CASES
  45. 45.INDEX — Readers Should Also Consult the Table of Contents Preceding Each Article and Amendment of the Constitution — Transcriber's notes:

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