Includes index

Contents: Civil rights and liberties: Constitutional sources of civil rights and liberties -- Property rights and economic freedom -- Expressive freedom and the first amendment -- Religious liberty and church-state relations -- The Constitution and criminal justice -- Personal autonomy and the constitutional right of privacy -- Equal protection and the antidiscrimination principle -- Elections, representation, and voting rights -- Appendix A: the constitution of the United States of America -- Appendix B: chronology of justices of the United States Supreme Court -- Appendix C: Supreme Court Justices by appointing president, state appointed from, and political party -- Appendix D: Glossary.