Vagaries and Varieties in Constitutional Interpretation Book

The classic study of historical and then-emerging ways in which the U.S. Constitution has been interpreted and applied, especially as regards judicial power to review congressional acts, sharing of power between states and the federal government, Lochnerism, the change in the Supreme Court during the Roosevelt years, taxing power, and interstate commerce.

Presented by Quid Pro Books as part of its Legal Legends Series, the NOOKbook features quality formatting, hyperaccurate proofreading from the original, linked notes (separated out from the body of the book), active Contents, and a helpful Foreword by Paul Freund from the original edition. The print edition's Index is retained and its entries are linked to the precise page in the book for the listed page number, for ease of use and to assist in referencing this classic work. The new digital edition also features 2012 Notes of the Series Editor by Steven Alan Childress, J.D., Ph.D., a senior law professor at Tulane.

Powell was valued not only in law but also taught political science and edited political journals. He was known for seeing pragmatic approaches to constitutional questions that went beyond legal doctrine. His writing style is pithy, witty, and straightforward. He presented this material first as lectures at Columbia Law School, and their enduring nature and historical insider-ness makes them of current interest to law professors and students, historians, and political scientists who see constitutional structure, and not only rights and liberties, as crucial to understanding U.S. government, the federal-state balance, and the infusion of government into economic life. Summing up a career of constitutional scholarship in six insightful lectures, Powell turned the resulting book into his life's legacy.

Quid Pro's Legal Legends Series also brings to modern form--and explained and introduced by recognized scholars of today--the foundational works by such thinkers as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Benjamin Cardozo, Roscoe Pound, Woodrow Wilson, John Chipman Gray, and Karl Llewellyn. Their new editions are available in print and ebook formats. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: although this product description may appear under other presses' previous versions, only the QUID PRO edition has the features noted above.