The Constitution Goes to College: Five Constitutional Ideas That Have Shaped the American University by Rodney Smolla has just been added to the library’s new book shelf.
The book examines the influence of the U.S Constitution on the American college campus and uses the university as a lens through which to view the Constitution in action. Drawing on landmark cases and conflicts playing out on college campuses across the country, the author demonstrates how five key constitutional ideas - the living Constitution, the division between public and private spheres, the distinction between rights and privileges, ordered liberty, and equality - dominate the shape and identity of American university life.
For more, read an excerpt from Google Books or an interview with the author.
