The evangelical origins of the living constitution /

"The New Deal is often said to represent a sea change in American constitutional history, overturning a century of precedent to permit an expanded federal government, increased regulation of the economy, and eroded property protections. John Compton offers a surprising revision of this familiar...

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Main Author: Compton, John W., 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • The evangelical challenge to American constitutionalism
  • Moral reform and constitutional adjudication, 1830-1854
  • The triumph of evangelical public morality in the states
  • The triumph of evangelical public morality in the Supreme Court
  • Reexamining the collapse of the old order