EXTRACURRICULAR ("Pleasure" Reading)

What follows is a select (and greatly incomplete) listing of some of the major works written on the text, structure, history, decisional law, and theories of the U.S. Constitution, along with biographies of prominent constitutional personae.

By and large, references to works on specific provisions have not been included. Thus, books like Leonard W. Levy's Origins of the Fifth Amendment (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968), or John V. Orth's The Judicial Power of the United States: The Eleventh Amendment in American History (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987) are far too numerous to list, despite their high quality. Should you want references to such books, please do not hesitate to consult with me.

Depending on the degree of your interest in the subject, I recommend the following books to you.

Biographies

• Baker, Leonard. John Marshall: A Life in Law. Collier. 1974.

• Brisbin, Richard A. Justice Antonin Scalia & the Conservative Revival. University Press of Kansas. 1997.

• Cray, Ed. Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren. Simon & Schuster. 1998.

• Gunther, Gerald. Learned Hand: The Man & the Judge. Knopf. 1994.

• Horwitz, Morton J. The Warren Court and the Pursuit of Justice. Hill & Wang. 1998.

• Hutchinson, Dennis J. The Man Who Was Once Whizzer White: A Portrait of Justice Byron R. White. Free Press. 1998.

• Kaufman, Andrew L. Cardozo. Harvard University Press. 1998.

• Murphy, Bruce Alllen. Wild Bill: The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas. Random House. 2003

• Newman, Roger K. Hugo Black: A Biography. Pantheon. 1994.

• Newmyer, R. Kent. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. Chapel Hill. 1985.

• Novick, Sheldon M. Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Bantam Doubleday. 1989.

• O'Fallon, James. Nature's Justice: Writings of William O. Douglas. Oregon State University Press. 2000.

• Polenberg, Richard. The World of Benjamin Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process. Harvard University Press. 1997.

• Rosenkranz, Joshua & Bernard Schwartz. Reason & Passion: Justice Brennan's Enduring Influence. W.W. Norton. 1997

• Simon, James F. Independent Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas. Penguin. 1980.

• Strum, Philippa. Louis D. Brandeis: Justice for the People. Schocken. 1989.

• Tushnet, Mark V. Making Civil Rights Law: Thurgood Marshall & the Supreme Court. Oxford University Press. 1994.

• Tushnet, Mark V. Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall & the Supreme Court, 1961--1991. Oxford University Press. 1994.

• Urofsky, Melvin. Division and Discord: The Supreme Court Under Stone and Vinson, 1941--1953. University of South Carolina Press. 1997.

• Urofsky, Melvin. The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary. Garland. 1994.

• Yarbrough, Tinsley E. John Marshall Harlan: Great Dissenter of the Warren Court. Oxford University Press. 1992.

Constitutional History

• Bernstein, Richard B., and Kym S. Rice. Are We To Be a Nation? The Making of the Constitution. Harvard University Press. 1987.

• Carey, George W. A Student's Guide to American Political Thought.  Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2005.

• Cogan, Neil H., ed. The Complete Bill of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources, and Origins. Oxford University Press. 1997.

• Cogan, Neil H. Context of the Constitution. Foundation Press. 1999.

• Cooke, Jacob E., ed. The Federalist [Papers]. Wesleyan University Press. 1961.

• Crosskey, William W. Politics & the Constitution in the History of the United States. 2 vols. University of Chicago Press. 1953.

• Currie, David P. The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789-1888. University of Chicago Press. 1985.

• Currie, David P. The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Hundred Years, 1888-1986. University of Chicago Press. 1994.

• Currie, David P. The Constitution in Congress: The Federalist Period: 1789--1801. University of Chicago Press. 1997.

• Cushman, Barry. Rethinking the New Deal Court: The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution. Oxford University Press. 1998.

• Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics. Oxford University Press. 1978.

• Hall, Kermit L., William M. Wiecek, and Paul Finkleman. American Legal History: Cases and Materials. Oxford University Press. 1991.

• Levy, Leonard W. Original Intent & the Framers' Constitution. Macmillan. 1988.

• Levy, Leonard W., ed. Essays on the Making of the Constitution. Oxford University Press. 2^nd ed., 1987.

• Levy, Leonard W., Kenneth Karst, and Dennis Mahoney, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Macmillan and Free Press. 1986, 1992.

• Lofgren, Charles A. The Plessy Case: A Legal-Historical Interpretation. Oxford University Press. 1987.

• Macer, David N. The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson. University of Virginia Press. 1994.

• Madison, James. Notes of the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787. Introduction by Adrienne Koch. Ohio University Press. 1966.

• McDonald, Forrest. Novus Ordo Seclorium: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution. University of Kansas Press. 1985.

• Miller, Charles A. The Supreme Court and the Uses of History. Simon & Schuster. 1969.

• Powell, H. Jefferson. The Constitution and the Attorneys General. Carolina Academic Press. 1998.

• Rakove, Jack N. Original Meanings: Politics & Ideas in the Making of the Constitution. Knopf. 1996.

• Randall, James G. Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln. University of Illinois Press. 1951, reissued.

• Storing, Herbert J. What the Anti-Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution. University of Chicago Press. 1981.

• Story, Joseph. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. Introduction by Ronald Rotunda and John Nowak. Carolina Academic Press. 1987.

• White, G. Edward. The Constitution and the New Deal. Harvard University Press. 2000.

• White, Morton. Philosophy, the Federalist, and the Constitution. Oxford University Press. 1987.

• Wood, Gordon S. The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787. W.W. Norton. 1972.

• Wood, Gordon S. The Radicalism of the American Revolution. Knopf. 1992.

Selected Essays

• Collins, Ronald, ed. Constitutional Government in America. Carolina Academic Press. 1981.

• Dorn, James, and Henry Manne, eds. Economic Liberties & the Judiciary. George Mason University Press. 1987.

• Eskridge, William N. & Sanford V. Levinson, eds. Constitutional Stupidities, Constitutional Tragedies. New York University Press. 1998.

• Glennon, Michael J., Donald E. Lively, Phoebe A. Haddon, Dorothy E. Roberts, and Russell L. Weaver. A Constitutional Law Anthology. Anderson. 2^nd ed., 1997.

• Kairys, David, ed. The Politics of Law: A Progressive Critique. Pantheon. 1982.

• Levy, Leonard W., ed. Judicial Review & the Supreme Court. Harper. 1967, reissued.

• Levy, Leonard W., ed. American Constitutional Law: Historical Essays. Harper Torchbooks. 1966.

• McCann, Michael W., and Gerald L. Houseman, eds. Judging the Constitution: Critical Essays on Judicial Lawmaking. Scott, Foresman & Co. 1989.

• McCloskey, Robert G., ed. Essays in Constitutional Law. Vintage. 1957.

• Thelen, David, ed. The Constitution and American Life. Cornell University Press. 1988.

Judicial Review

• Bickel, Alexander M. The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics. Bobbs-Merrill. 1962, reissued.

• Choper, Jesse. Judicial Review and the National Political Process. University of Chicago Press. 1980.

• Corwin, Edward S. The "Higher Law" Background of American Constitutional Law. Cornell University Press. 1928, reissued.

• Ely, John Hart. Democracy & Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review. Harvard University Press. 1980.

• Gunther, Gerald, ed. John Marshall's Defense of McCulloch v. Maryland. Stanford University Press. 1969, reissued.

• James Bradley Thayer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Felix Frankfurter on John Marshall. Introduction by Mark De Wolfe Howe. University of Chicago Press. 1967.

• Levy, Leonard W., ed. Judicial Review & the Supreme Court. Harper. 1967, reissued.

• Lusky, Louis. By What Right? A Commentary on the Supreme Court's Power to Revise the Constitution. Michie. 1975.

Constitutional Cases: Profiles & Histories

• Bass, Jack. Unlikely Heroes: The Dramatic Story of the Southern Judges Who Translated the Supreme Court's Brown Decision into a Revolution for Equality. Simon & Schuster. 1981, reissued.

• Fehrenbacher, Don E. The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics. Oxford University Press. 1978.

• Friendly, Fred W., and Martha J.H. Elliot. The Constitution: That Delicate Balance - Landmark Cases that Shaped the Constitution. Random House. 1984, reissued.

• Hall, Kermit L. The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions. Oxford University Press. 1999.

• Irons, Peter. The Courage of Their Convictions: Sixteen Americans Who Fought Their Way to the Supreme Court. Penguin. 1988, reissued.

• Kluger, Richard. Simple Justice. Knopf. 1976, reissued. (Re: Brown v. Board of Education.)

• Lerner, Max. Nine Scorpions in a Bottle: Great Judges & Cases of the Supreme Court. Arcade. 1994.

• Lofgren, Charles A. The Plessy Case: A Legal-Historical Interpretation. Oxford University Press. 1987.

• Sarat, Austin, ed. Race, Law & Culture: Reflections on Brown v. Board. Oxford University Press. 1997.

• Schwartz, Bernard. Swann's Way: The School Busing Case and the Supreme Court. Oxford University Press. 1986.

Selected Opinions or Papers of Famous Jurists

• Countryman, Vern. The Douglas Opinions. Berkeley Windhover. 1977.

• Diller, Irving. The Spirit of Liberty: Papers & Addresses of Learned Hand. Knopf. 1952.

• Diller, Irving, ed. One Man's Stand for Freedom: Mr. Justice Black & the Bill of Rights - A Collection of His Supreme Court Opinions. Knopf. 1963.

• Lerner, Max. Nine Scorpions in a Bottle: Great Judges & Cases of the Supreme Court. Arcade. 1994.

• Nagel, Robert F., ed. Intellect and Craft: The Contributions of Justice Hans Linde to American Constitutionalism. Westview Press. 1995.

• Posner, Richard, ed. The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. University of Chicago Press. 1992.

• Schubert, Glendon. Dispassionate Justice: A Synthesis of the Judicial Opinions of Robert H. Jackson. Bobbs-Merrill. 1969.

• Schwartz, Bernard. Super Chief: Earl Warren and His Supreme Court - A Judicial Biography. New York University Press. 1983.

• Shanks, Hershel, ed. The Art and Craft of Judging: The Decisions of Judge Learned Hand. Macmillan. 1968.

• Shapiro, David, ed. The Evolution of a Judicial Philosophy: Selected Opinions and Papers of John M. Harlan. Harvard University Press. 1969.

• Philippa Strum, ed. Brandeis on Democracy. University of Kansas Press. 1995.

Constitutional Theory & Interpretation

• Ackerman, Bruce. We The People. 
  Volume 1: Foundations. Harvard University Press. 1991.
  Volume 2 (Transformations). Harvard University Press. 1998.

• Alexander, Larry, ed. Constitutionalism: Philosophical Foundations. Cambridge University Press. 1998.

• Anastaplo, George. The Constitution of 1787: A Commentary. John Hopkins University Press. 1989.

• Bloom, Allan, ed. Confronting the Constitution. American Enterprise Institute. 1990.

• Bobbitt, Philip. Constitutional Fate. Oxford University Press. 1982.

• Bobbitt, Philip. Constitutional Interpretation. Blackwell. 1991.

• Crosskey, William W. Politics & the Constitution in the History of the United States. 2 vols. University of Chicago Press. 1953.

• Dworkin, Ronald. Freedom's Law: The Moral Reading of the American Constitution.   Harvard University Press. 1996.

• Dworkin, Ronald. Taking Rights Seriously. Harvard University Press. 1977, reissued.

• Eisengruber, Christopher L. Constitutional Self-Government. Harvard University Press. 2001.

• Ely, John Hart. Democracy & Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review. Harvard University Press. 1980.

• Gerhardt, Michael J., and Thomas D. Rowe, Jr. Constitutional Theory: Arguments and Perspectives. Michie. 1993.

• Hayek, Friedrich A. The Constitution of Liberty. University of Chicago Press. 1960.

• Jaffa, Harry V. Original Intent and the Framers of the Constitution: A Disputed Question. Regnery Gateway. 1994.

• Levy, Leonard W. Original Intent & the Framers' Constitution. Macmillan. 1988.

• Patterson, Dennis, ed. A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Blackwell. 1996.

• Smith, Steven. The Constitution and the Pride of Reason. Oxford University Press. 1997.

• Tushnet, Mark. Red, White, and Blue: A Critical Analysis of Constitutional Law. Harvard University Press. 1988.

Supreme Court

• Belsky, Martin H. The Rehnquist Court: A Retrospective. Oxford University Press. 2002.

• Caplan, Lincoln. The Tenth Jurist: The Solicitor General and the Rule of Law. Vintage. 1987.

• Currie, David P. The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The First Hundred Years, 1789-1888. University of Chicago Press. 1985.

• Currie, David P. The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Hundred Years, 1888-1986. University of Chicago Press. 1994.

• Hall, Kermit, ed. The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Oxford University Press. 1992.

• Lazarus, Edward. Closed Chambers: The First Eyewitness Account of the Epic Struggles Inside the Supreme Court. Times Books. 1998.

• Loss, Richard, ed. Corwin on the Constitution: The Judiciary. Cornell University Press. 1987.

• O'Brien, David M. Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics. Norton. 4^th ed., 1996.

• Rehnquist, William. The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is. Morrow. 1987.

• Rodell, Fred. Nine Men: A Political History of the United States Supreme Court from 1790 to 1955. Random House. 1955.

• Schwartz, Bernard. Decision: How the Supreme Court Decides Cases. Oxford University Press. 1996.

• Urofsky, Melvin I., ed. The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary. Garland Publishing. 1994.

• Woodward, Bob, and Scott Armstrong. The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court. Simon & Schuster. 1979, reissued.

Fourteenth Amendment

• Berger, Raoul. Government by Judiciary: The Transformation of the Fourteenth Amendment.  Harvard University Press. 1977, reissued.

• Chavez, Linda. The Color Blind: The Campaign to End Affirmative Action. University of Chicago Press. 1998.

• Cook, Kimberly J. Divided Passions: Public Opinions on Abortion and the Death Penalty. Northeastern University Press. 1998.

• Delgado, Richard, ed., Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge. Temple University Press. 1995.

• Devins, Neil & Davison Douglas. Redefining Equality. Oxford University Press. 1997.

• Jaffa, Harry V. Equality and Liberty: Theory and Practice in American Politics. Oxford University Press. 1965.

• Lawrence, Charles & Mari J. Matsuda. We Won't Go Back: The Case for Affirmative Action. Houghton Mifflin. 1997.

• Nelson, William E. The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine. Harvard University Press. 1988.

• Richards, David A.J. Women, Gays, and the Constitution: The Grounds for Feminism and Gay Rights in Culture and Law. University of Chicago Press. 1998.

• Rubenstein, William B. Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Law. New Press. 1993.

• Strong, Frank R. Substantive Due Process of Law: A Dichotomy of Sense and Nonsense. Carolina Academic Press. 1986.

• TenBroek, Jacobus. Equal Under Law. Collier Books. 1965.
   

Freedoms of Speech & Press

• Allen, David S., and Robert Jensen. Freeing the First Amendment: Critical Perspectives on Freedom of Expression. New York University Press. 1995.
   
• Barendt, Eric, Laurence Lustgarten, Kenneth Norrie & Hugh Stepheson. Libel and the Media: The Chilling Effect. Oxford University Press. 1997.
   
• Bollinger, Lee C. Images of a Free Press. University of Chicago Press. 1991.
   
• Bollinger, Lee C. The Tolerant Society: Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech in America. Oxford University Press. 1986.
   
• Chafee, Jr., Zechariah. Free Speech in the United States. Atheneum. 1969.
   
• Collins, Ronald K.L., and David M. Skover. The Death of Discourse. HarperCollins/Westview Press. 1996.
   
• Delgado, Richard & Jean Stefancic. Must We Defend Nazis? Hate Speech, Pornography, and the New First Amendment. New York University Press. 1997.
   
• Emerson, Thomas I. The System of Freedom of Expression. Vintage. 1970.
   
• Fish, Stanley. There's No Such Thing as Free Speech . . . and It's a Good Thing, Too. Oxford University Press. 1994.
   
• Foerstel, Herbert N. Free Expression and Censorship in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. 1997.
   
• Garvey, John H., and Frederick Schauer, eds. The First Amendment: A Reader. West Publishing. 1992.
   
• Godwin, Mike. Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age. Times Books. 1998.
   
• Goldberg, Danny, Victor Goldberg, and Robert Greenwald. It's a Free Country: Personal Freedom in America after September 11. RDV Books. 2002.
   
• Hentoff, Nat. Free Speech for Me -- But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other. HarperCollins. 1992.
   
• Ingelhart, Louis E. Press and Speech Freedoms in America, 1619--1995: A Chronology. Greenwood Press. 1997.
   
• Irons, Peter, ed. May It Please the Court: The First Amendment. New Press. 1997 (book & audiotapes)
   
• Kalven, Jr., Harry. A Worthy Tradition: Freedom of Speech in America. Harper & Row. 1988.
   
• Lee, Simon. The Cost of Free Speech. Faber & Faber. 1990.
   
• Levy, Leonard W. Emergence of a Free Speech. Oxford University Press. 1985.
   
• Lowenthal, David. No Liberty for License: The Forgotten Logic of the First Amendment. Spence Publishing. 1998.
   
• Matsuda, Mari J., Charles R. Lawrence III, Richard Delgado, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, eds. Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment. Westview Press. 1993.
   
• O'Neil, Robert M. The First Amendment and Civil Liability. Indiana University Press. 2001.
   
• Post, Robert, ed. Censorship & Silencing: Practices of Cultural Regulation. Getty Trust Publications. 1998.
   
• Rabban, David M. Free Speech in Its Forgotten Years. Cambridge University Press. 1997.
   
• Redish, Martin. Freedom of Expression: A Critical Analysis. Michie. 1984.
   
• Schauer, Frederick. Free Speech: A Philosophical Enquiry. Cambridge University Press. 1982.
   
• Shiffrin, Steven H. The First Amendment, Democracy, and Romance. Harvard University Press. 1990.
   
• Shiffrin, Steven H. Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America. Princeton University Press. 1999.
   
• Smolla, Rodney A. Free Speech in an Open Society. Knopf. 1992.
   
• Sunstein, Cass R. Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech. Free Press. 1993.