Books in the Studies in Constitutional Democracy series

Tells the story of the first nation-wide economic collapse to strike the US. The Panic introduced Americans to the new phenomenon of boom and bust, changed the country's attitudes towards wealth and poverty, spurred the political movement that became Jacksonian Democracy, and helped create the sectional divide that would lead to the Civil War.

80 years ago, Lloyd Gaines's application to the University of Missouri law school was denied based on his race. Gaines and the NAACP challenged the university's decision. This is the first book to focus entirely on the Gaines case and the vital role played by the NAACP and its lawyers, including Charles Houston, known as "the man who killed Jim Crow".