The authors, recognized authorities for over a third of a century, provide succinct and authoritative coverage of the major principles in modern American constitutional law. This book is a shortened version based on the authors' hornbook (popular with students) and their six-volume treatise (popular with judges, practitioners, and scholars). Recognized authorities for over a third of a century, the authors provide succinct and authoritative coverage of the major principles in modern American constitutional law in this book. It is a shortened version of their hornbook (popular with students) and their six-volume treatise (popular with judges, practitioners, and scholars).The book analyzes the constitutional issues studied today, and discusses the origins of judicial review and federal jurisdiction, federal commerce and spending powers, state powers in light of the dormant Commerce Clause, the war power, freedom of speech and religion, equal protection, due process, and other importa