Corwin & Peltason's understanding the constitution

by Edward S. Corwin, Jack Walter Peltason

For close to fifty years, Understanding the Constitution has helped students understand and interpret the document that outlines America's fundamental rules and government structures. Always current and concise, this textbook is an indispensable supplement for courses in constitutional law, judicial process, and the American government. * This handbook examines the Constitution clause by clause in light of judicial interpretation and current applications. * Peltason provides thorough commentary for key Constitutional issues, while encouraging students to explore different interpretations of the constitution. New to this * Understanding the Constitution now covers the 1995-1996 Supreme Court Session. * Peltason discusses the Supreme Court's current consideration of such volatile issues as affirmative action, cyberspace and the First Amendment, and federalism.

Genres: Reference, Politics, Nonfiction, Law, American History

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University.

Reviews

[Shelly Mateer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't think many people really understand the Constitution or their rights given to them by the Constitution in the United States. If they did, the events of 2020 on would never have been allowed. The shut downs and mandates of 2020 and the years following would never have happened, the people of the United States would not have just gone along with it the way most did.

I recently read a statistic that 57% of Americans haven’t read the Constitution and 26% cannot name a single right protected by the First Amendment- not freedom of religion, free speech, nor freedom of assembly- not a single one.

I can’t remember learning about the Constitution, at least not in any depth, in middle or high school. I was only required to learn about it in college, due to my major, and I can’t say I paid attention. Those days, it didn’t seem like we needed to worry about our constitutionally protected rights, because things worked the way they were supposed to, for the most part. But as the Pandora’s box of 2020 opened, I realized I knew volumes more about the Constitution than the majority of people around me. I have watched as in the past few years our Constitution has been trampled on and disregarded by the people in charge - the people who are supposed to work for US - all under the guise of caring about our health. This little trick was used to lock people down, shutter their livelihoods, restrict their speech and freedom to assemble, control their movement, and to crush religious freedom. It’s been a disgusting time of mandates that go directly against the Constitution, yet many never said a peep, likely because they don’t know anything about the Constitution and the rights it protects.

I think everyone should read the Constitution itself and possibly a book like this one that teaches about it. While some of the books may have their own slant to their analysis, it’s still good to have read the document itself and be able to identify the rights that we should all strive to protect.

[Steve Wehling · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent and concise guide to US Constitutional law.