World War I and the American Constitution

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-107-09464-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 734 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies on the American Constitution

The First World War profoundly affected the American political system by transforming constitutional law and providing the predicate for the modern administrative state. In this groundbreaking study, William G. Ross examines the social, political, economic and legal forces that generated this rapid change. Ross explains how the war increased federal and state economic regulatory powers, transferred power from Congress to the President, and altered federalism by enhancing the powers of the federal government. He demonstrates how social changes generated by the war provided a catalyst for the expansion of personal liberties, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the rights of women, racial minorities, and industrial workers. Through a study of constitutional law, gender, race, economics, labor, the prohibition movement, international relations, civil liberties, and society, this book provides a major contribution to our understanding of the development of the American Constitution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ross, William G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Military conscription; 2. Economic regulation; 3. Labor; 4. Enfranchisement of women; 5. Prohibition of alcohol; 6. Racial minorities; 7. Personal liberties; 8. The League of Nations; Conclusion; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ross, William G.
William G. Ross is the Lucille Stewart Beeson Professor of Law at Samford University, Alabama. His previous books include A Muted Fury: Populists, Progressives, and Labor Unions Confront the Courts, 1890–1937 (1994), Forging New Freedoms: Nativism, Education, and the Constitution (1994), and The Chief Justiceship of Charles Evans Hughes, 1930–1941 (2007).