REFERENCES TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH AN APPENDIX BY WILLIAM E. FOSTER NEW YORK THE SOCIETY FOR POLITICAL EDUCATION 330 PEARL STREET B. THE CONSTITUTION FRAMED AND ADOPTED......... a. ITS FORMATION. 1. Proceedings of the convention. May to September, 1787. 2. Action taken by the states. 1787-90. 3. Contemporary discussion, in the "Federalist" and elsewhere. 4. Constitutional government attained. 1789. b. ITS TEXT. 1. The text as finally adopted. 2. Other drafts submitted. 3. Commentaries on the text, and other editions of it. C. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1789..... a. THE STATES. 1. Adoption of state constitutions. 2. Theories of their formation. b. THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. 1. The formal amending of the constitution. 1791-1870. 2. Other modifications of constitutional theory. (1.) Due to judicial construction of the text. (2.) Due to the discussion of state rights. (3.) Due to the slavery conflict. (4.) Due to war experiences. (5.) Due to the growth of the democratic spirit. 3. Constitutional growth and present status of the government. (1.) General history of the constitutional and political develop- (2.) Discussions of the theory and practice of the United States (3.) Comparison with constitutional government elsewhere. APPENDIX. Constitutional interpretation since the Civil War, affecting the question of National or State Supremacy.. 29 32 35 INTRODUCTORY NOTE. A wholly new analysis has been observed, in the following list, from that of the earlier edition, published in 1881,* (the earlier form having had special reference to the course of lectures which occasioned it). Brevity, moreover, has everywhere been sought, in the present list, by referring the reader, wherever possible, to the fuller enumeration of authorities in the numerous more or less special bibliographies available. The following list includes the most essential of those published since the earlier edition of this tract, arranged in chronological order: 1. Johnston, Alexander. References at the end of his article, "Constitution of the United States," in Lalor's "Cyclopædia of political science," v. I, p. 610-11. (Chicago. 1881.) 2. Johnston, Alexander. References at the beginning of his " American politics," p. viii-x. (New York. 2d ed. 1882.) History of 3. Hart, Albert Bushnell. Topical outlines of "Constitutional and political history." (Cambridge. 1883.) [Followed by other issues in each successive year, to 1889.] 4. Foster, William Eaton. 'References to the history of presidential administrations, 1789-1885." (New York. 1885.) 5. Andrews, Elisha Benjamin. "Select bibliographies," at the end of his "Brief institutes of our constitutional history, English and American," p. 277-96. (Providence. 1886.) 6. Barnwell, James Gaston. Reading notes on the Constitution of the United States." (Philadelphia. 1887.) 7. Mead, Edwin Doak. Bibliographical and historical notes," at end of 'Old South" edition of "The Constitution of the United States," p. 21-41. (Boston. 1887.) 8. Johnston, Alexander. Bibliography," at the end of his article, "United States. History and Constitution," in the " Encyclopædia Britannica," v. 23, p. 787. (Edinburgh. 1888.) [Also, separately issued, New York, 1889.] 66 9. Ford, Paul Leicester. 'Bibliography and reference list of the history and literature of the United States Constitution," at p. 381441 of his volume, "Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States." (Brooklyn. 1888.) * The present list is an expansion of one which was comprised, at p. 24-33, in "Economic Tracts, No. II.," published in 1881, by the Society for Political Education. |