An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

A classic guide to the U.S. Constitution, clause by clause, with the leading Supreme Court decisions that gave each provision its meaning. It remains a clear introduction to how American constitutional law was built.

Francis Newton Thorpe

The story of how Chief Justice John Marshall turned the Supreme Court into a powerful branch of government, from Marbury v. Madison and judicial review to McCulloch v. Maryland and national power.

Edward S. Corwin

A teaching supplement for U.S. constitutional law courses on where the Constitution meets the law of war: treaties and the Supremacy Clause, the war powers of Congress and the President, and the courts.

Sean Watts