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- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Part One Introduction to American Constitutionalism
- Part Two The Colonial Era: Before 1776
- I Colonial Era: Introduction
- II Colonial Era: Foundations
- Major Developments
- A Sources
- 1 The Federal (British) Constitution and Amendments
- 2 State (Colonial) Constitutions and Amendments
- 3 Extraconstitutional Sources of Authority
- B Principles
- Liberalism.
- Republicanism.
- Liberalism and Republicanism.
- John Winthrop , Little Speech on Liberty (1645)
- John Locke , The Second Treatise of Government (1690)
- The Putney Debates (1647)
- Henry de Bracton , On the Laws and Customs of England (1235)
- William Blackstone , Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765)
- C Scope
- III Colonial Era: Constitutional Authority and Judicial Power
- Major Developments
- A Constitutional Authority
- Prohibitions Del Roy, 77 Eng. Rep. 1342 (1607)
- Bonham’s Case, 8 Coke Reports 651 (1610)
- City of London v. Wood, 88 Eng. Rep. 1592 (1702)
- William Blackstone , Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765)
- Winthrop v. Lechmere (Privy Council, 1728)
- The Parson’s Cause (1757–1758)
- James Otis , Against Writs of Assistance (1761)
- Massachusetts Assembly Memorial (1764)
- John Dickinson , Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (1768)
- B Judicial Selection, Structure, and Jurisdiction
- C Constitutional Litigation
- IV Colonial Era: Powers
- Major Developments
- A General Principles
- B Congressional (Parliamentary) Power over Domestic Policy
- Parliamentary Laws Raising Revenue in the Colonies (1764–1766)
- Colonial Protests against the Stamp Act (1765)
- Massachusetts Circular Letter (February 11, 1768)
- The Speeches of His Excellency Governor Hutchinson with the Answers of the House of Representatives (1773)
- The Intolerable Acts (1774)
- Declaration and Resolves of the Continental Congress (1774)
- C Congressional (Parliamentary) Power over Foreign Policy
- D Congressional (Parliamentary) Power to Acquire and Govern Territory
- E Powers and Rights of Members of Congress (Parliament), Observers, and Congressional (Parliamentary) Committees
- F State (Colonial) Powers under State Constitutions (Colonial Charters)
- V Colonial Era: Federalism
- Major Developments
- A The Status of States (Colonies) in the Federal Union (British Empire)
- Francis Bernard, The Principles of Law and Polity, Applied to the American Colonies (1764)
- Samuel Von Pufendorf , Of the Different Forms of Government (1672)
- Richard Bland, An Enquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies (1766)
- James Wilson , On the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament (1774)
- B State (Colonial) Sovereign Immunity and Commandeering
- C Preemption
- D Relationships among States (Colonies)
- VI Colonial Era: Separation of Powers
- VII Colonial Era: Individual Rights
- Major Developments
- A Property
- B Religion
- 1 Establishment
- The Act of Uniformity, 14 Car. II. C. 4 (1662)
- The Test Act, 25 Car. II. C. 2 (1673)
- Roger Williams , The Bloudy Tenent (1644)
- William Blackstone , Of Offences against God and Religion (1773)
- John Locke , A Letter concerning Toleration (1689)
- John Witherspoon , The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men (1776)
- 2 Free Exercise
- 1 Establishment
- C Guns
- D Personal Freedom and Public Morality
- E Positive Rights
- VIII Colonial Era: Democratic Rights
- IX Colonial Era: Equality
- X Colonial Era: Criminal Justice
- Bibliography to Part Two
- Further Material
- Appendix Constitution of the United States of America
- Article. I.
- Article. II.
- Article. III.
- Article. IV.
- Article. V.
- Article. VI.
- Article. VII.
- Amendment I.
- Amendment II.
- Amendment III.
- Amendment IV.
- Amendment V.
- Amendment VI.
- Amendment VII.
- Amendment VIII.
- Amendment IX.
- Amendment X.
- Amendment XI.
- Amendment XII.
- Amendment XIII.
- Amendment XIV.
- Amendment XV.
- Amendment XVI.
- Amendment XVII.
- Amendment XVIII.
- Amendment XIX.
- Amendment XX.
- Amendment XXI.
- Amendment XXII.
- Amendment XXIII.
- Amendment XXIV.
- Amendment XXV.
- Amendment XXVI.
- Amendment XXVII.
- Index
- Cases
- Appendix Constitution of the United States of America
- [3.236.209.138]
- 3.236.209.138
