Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.
Contents
Slavery as an interpretive issue in the 39th reconstruction congress : the northern Democrats -- Republican slavery criticism -- The Supreme Court's official history -- Dueling histories : Charles Fairman and William Crosskey reconstruct "original understanding" -- Recipes for "acceptable" history -- History as an institutional resource : Warren Court debates over legislative apportionment -- Constitutional law as a "culture of argument" : toward a sociology of constitutional law.
