Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. I. A New Era in Constitutional Interpretation 1
5. II. The Decision of Cases Left Over from the Marshall Period 27
6. III. The Interpretation of the Status and Rights of Corporations 55
7. IV. The Supreme Court and the Issue of Slavery before 1856 92
8. V. The Interpretation of the Commerce Clause: The Evolution of the Court's Interpretation of the Commerce Clause under Chief Justice Taney's Leadership 140
9. VI. The Supreme Court and the Issue of State versus Federal Sovereignty 193
10. VII. The Development by the Supreme Court of the Technique and Procedure for the Settlement of Boundary Disputes between States 245
11. VIII. The Theory of the Separation of Powers and the Supremacy of the Judiciary 287
12. IX. The Interpretation of the Contract Clause and the Protection of Vested Rights under Chief Justice Taney's Leadership 337
13. X. The Dred Scott Case 393
14. XI. Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court during the Civil War 436
15. XII. Abraham Lincoln and Constitutional Interpretation during the Civil War 467
16. XIII. Contributions to and Changes in American Constitutional Law by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Taney 500
17. Table of Cases 523
18. Index 529