Recently the H-Law Editorial Board agreed to put out a list of new and recent
books published in U. S. Constitutional/Legal History. H-Law Board member
Tim Huebner agreed to compile the listing which will be posted twice a year
in September and March. If you know of a book published in the last year
that is not included in this listing, please contact Tim Huebner
(huebner@rhodes.edu) with this information for inclusion in the next edition
of the listing.
[ed note: if anyone is interested in doing a similar list for non-U. S.
Constitutional/Legal History, please contact Charles Zelden
(zelden@nova.edu)]
New Books in U.S. Constitutional/Legal History
Fall Edition, 2008
(compiled by Timothy S. Huebner, Rhodes College)
Allen, Howard W., Jerome M. Clubb, and Vincent A. Lacey, Race, Class, and the
Death Penalty: Capital Punishment in American History. Albany, N.Y.: State
University of New York Press, 2008. 239 pp. (cloth, $65.00).
Baatz, Simon. For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder that
Shocked Chicago. New York: Harper, 2008. 560 pp. (cloth, $27.95).
Baer, Frances Lisa. Resistance to Public School Desegregation: Little Rock,
Arkansas, and Beyond. El Paso, Tex. LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008. 328
pp. (cloth, $80.00).
Bodenhamer, David J. and James W. Ely Jr. The Bill of Rights in Modern
America. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2008. Rev. ed. 304
pp. (cloth, $55.00).
Capozolla, Chris. Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the
Modern Citizen. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 352 pp. (cloth,
$35.00).
Cornell, Saul. A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the
Origins of Gun Control in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
288 pp. (paper, $14.95).
Dinnerstein, Leonard. The Leo Frank Case. Athens, Ga.: University of
Georgia Press, rev. ed., 2008. 280 pp. (paper, $19.95).
Dudziak, Mary. Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall’s African
Journey. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 272 pp. (cloth, $24.95)
Edling, Max M. A Revolution in Favor of Government: Origins of the U.S.
Constitution and the Making of the American State. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2008. 336 pp. (paper, $19.95).
Eskridge, William. Dishonorable Passions: Sodomy Laws in America,
1861-2003. New York: Viking, 2008. 528 pp.
Feldman, Stephen M. Free Expression and Democracy in America: A History.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 544 pp. (cloth, $55.00).
Finan, Chris. From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the
Fight for Free Speech in America. New York: Beacon Press, 2008. (paper,
$18.00).
Finkelman, Paul and Donald R. Kennon,eds., Congress and the Emergence of
Sectionalism: From the Missouri Compromise to the Age of Jackson. Athens,
Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2008. 312 pp. (cloth, $46.95).
Gless, Alan G. The History of Nebraska Law. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University
Press, 2008. Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest. 384 pp. (cloth,
$49.95).
Goldman, Robert M. One Man Out: Curt Flood versus Baseball. Lawrence, Kan.:
University Press of Kansas, 2008. Landmark Law Cases and American Society.
200 pp. (cloth, $35.00, paper, $16.95)
Goldstone, Lawrence. The Activist: John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and
the Myth of Judicial Review, 2008. New York: Walker and Company. 272 pp.
(cloth, $25.00).
Gross, Ariela. What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in
America. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008. 384 pp.
(cloth, $29.95).
Hall, Kermit L. and Peter Karsten. The Magic Mirror: Law in American
History, New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. second ed. 480 pp.
(cloth, $69.95)
Hamburger, Philip. Law and Judicial Duty. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press, 2008. 704 pp. (cloth, $49.95).
Harrington, Matthew. Jay and Ellsworth, The First Courts: Justices,
Rulings, and Legacy. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2008. 309 pp.
Supreme Court Handbooks. (cloth, $65.00)
Hoffer, Peter Charles. Treason Trials of Aaron Burr. Lawrence, Kan.:
University Press of Kansas, 2008. Landmark Law Cases and American Society.
224 pp. (cloth, $35.00, paper $16.95)
Huebner, Timothy S. The Southern Judicial Tradition: State Judges and
Sectional Distinctiveness, 1790-1890. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia
Press, 2008. Paperback ed. Studies in the Legal History of the South
(Paper, $22.95).
Hulsebosch, Daniel J. Constituting Empire: New York and the Transformation
of Constitutionalism in the Atlantic World, 1664-1830. Chapel Hill, N.C.:
University of North Carolina, 2008. Studies in Legal History (cloth,
$45.00, paper, $24.95).
Kyvig, David E. The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture
since 1960
Lawrence, Kan., University Press of Kansas, 2008. 554 pp. (cloth, $34.95)
Maveety, Nancy. Queen’s Court: Judicial Power in the Rehnquist Era.
Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2008. 194 pp. (cloth, $29.95).
Meyerson, Michael I. Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the
Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the
World. New York: Basic Books, 2008. 314 pp. (cloth, $26.00).
Miller, William G. Faith, Reason, and Consent: Legislating Morality in
Early American States. El Paso, Tex.: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008. 298
pp. (cloth, $80.00).
Nourse, Victoria F. In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the
Near-Triumph of American Eugenics. New York: Norton, 2008. 256 pp.
(cloth, $24.95).
Reid, John Phillip. Legislating the Courts: Judicial Dependence in Early
National New Hampshire. DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press,
2008. 224 pp. (cloth, $34.00).
Scherer, Mark R. and James W. Hewitt. Rights in the Balance: Free Press,
Fair Trial, and Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart. Lubbock, Tex. Texas
Tech University Press, 2008. 256 pp. (cloth, $40.00
Siegal, Barry. Claim of Privilege: A Mysterious Plane Crash, A Landmark
Supreme Court Case, and the Rise of State Secrets. New York: Harper, 2008.
400 pp. (cloth, $25.95).
Thomas, George. The Madisonian Constitution. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 2008. 264 pp. (cloth, $50.00).
Vile, John R., William D. Pederson, and Frank J. Williams. James Madison:
Philosopher, Founder, and Statesman. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press,
2008. 368 pp. (cloth, $55.00, paper, $26.95).
Wittern-Keller, Laura and Raymond J. Haberski Jr., Miracle Case: Film
Censorship and the Supreme Court. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of
Kansas, 2008. Landmark Law Cases and American Society. 256 pp. (cloth,
$35.00; paper, $16.95)
Wolf, Michael Allan. The Zoning of America: Euclid v. Ambler. Lawrence,
Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2008. Landmark Law Cases and American
Society. 208 pp. (cloth, $35.00, paper, $16.95)
Wunder, John R. and Joann M. Ross, eds., The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. 236 pp. (paper,
$30.00).
Zelden, Charles. Bush v. Gore: Exposing the Hidden Crisis in American
Democracy. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas, 2008. 390 pp.
(cloth, $34.95).
(This list is compiled from publishers’ websites and Amazon.com and includes
titles published between June and November 2008. Authors are encouraged to
submit information on upcoming books to huebner@rhodes.edu )