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This work is an overview of American constitutional development, from the founding of the English colonies down through the decisions of the latest term of the Supreme Court. The authors examine in detail the cases handed down by the Supreme Court, showing how these cases played out in the society at large and how constitutional growth parallels change in American culture. The authors also look at lesser-known decisions that played important roles in effecting change, and at the Justices who made these decisions. The book offers students of American constitutional history a complete reference work which should be intelligible to the layperson as well as to the specialist.

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<br> I have the greatest admiration for A March of Liberty's comprehensiveness and its clarity. No other work combines legal and constitutional history so well, or is so attractively written. The book is well-known and well-respected by those who are teaching the subject and is certain to be adopted widely. --Richard Polenberg, Cornell University<p><br> A March of Liberty is easily the best and most complete textbook of U.S. Constitutional history in print. -- Judith Kelleher Schafer, Murphy Institute, Tulane University<p><br> I've taught this topic for several decades and have used every textbook. As measured by them and on its own merits, Urofsky and Finkelman's is superior in every way It is literate, uncondescending, up to the mark on scholarly interpretation, and although provocative, it avoids ideology. --Harold Hyman, Rice University<p><br> A stunning achievement, sets a new standard for the field of constitutional history. A pleasure to read. --James L. Clayton, University of Utah<p><br>

I have the greatest admiration for A March of Liberty's comprehensiveness and its clarity. No other work combines legal and constitutional history so well, or is so attractively written. The book is well-known and well-respected by those who are teaching the subject and is certain to be adopted widely. --Richard Polenberg, Cornell University<br> A March of Liberty is easily the best and most complete textbook of U.S. Constitutional history in print. -- Judith Kelleher Schafer, Murphy Institute, Tulane University<br> I've taught this topic for several decades and have used every textbook. As measured by them and on its own merits, Urofsky and Finkelman's is superior in every way It is literate, uncondescending, up to the mark on scholarly interpretation, and although provocative, it avoids ideology. --Harold Hyman, Rice University<br> A stunning achievement, sets a new standard for the field of constitutional history. A pleasure to read. --James L. Clayton, University of Utah<br>

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Melvin Urofsky is Professor of History and Public Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Paul Finkelman is Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa.

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