In this second updated and expanded edition, new material encompasses developments in American constitutional and legal history, with special attention given to issues of death and dying, criminal justice, and the feminist critique of the law.

The second edition is updated and expanded, making this highly successful college textbook the authoritative text on its subject. New material encompasses recent developments in American constitutional and legal history, with special attention given to issues of death and dying, criminal justice, and the feminist critique of the law.