Breaks down each section of the Constitution and its amendments, and provides a concise overview of the field of constitutional law as it is applied around the world and in various forms of government.
Content Note
The Constitution of the United States -- The constitutional convention -- Provisions of the constitution -- Civil liberties and the bill of rights -- The Fourteenth amendment : due process and equal protection clauses -- The bill of rights -- First amendment -- Government actions subject to the First amendment -- Freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and petition -- Permissible restrictions on expression -- Free exercise of religion -- The establishment clause -- Second amendment -- Supreme Court interpretations -- Origins and historical antecedents -- Third amendment -- Fourth amendment -- Fifth amendment -- Grand juries -- Double jeopardy -- Self-incrimination -- Due process -- Takings -- Sixth amendment -- Seventh amendment -- Eighth amendment -- Ninth amendment -- Tenth amendment -- The Eleventh through Twenty-Seventh amendments -- Eleventh amendment -- Twelfth amendment -- Thirteenth amendment -- Fourteenth amendment -- Fifteenth amendment -- Sixteenth amendment -- Seventeenth amendment -- Eighteenth amendment -- Nineteenth amendment -- Twentieth amendment -- Twenty-first amendment -- Twenty-second amendment -- Twenty-third amendment -- Twenty-fourth amendment -- Twenty-fifth amendment -- Twenty-sixth amendment -- Twenty-seventh amendment -- Constitutional law -- The nature of constitutional law -- Characteristics of constitutions -- Unitary and federal systems -- Federal and semifederal states -- Unitary states -- International unions of states -- Executives and legislatures -- Monarchical systems -- Presidential systems -- Parliamentary systems -- Other systems -- Unicameral and bicameral legislatures -- Judicial review.