Studies in law, politics, and society -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Editorial board -- Part I: Special Symposium: Making Sense of the Past: When History Meets Law -- Chapter 1. A ''switch in time'' beyond the nine: historical memory and the constitutional revolution of the 1930s -- The ''old'' constitution -- Liberals and the ''old'' constitution -- Conservatives and the ''old'' constitution -- The great depression and the new deal -- The resolution -- Origins of the constitutional retooling -- Moderate conservatives -- Free speech fighters -- Big-government liberals -- Adolf Hitler et al. -- Consequences of the revised historical memory -- The organized bar -- The broader culture -- Bill of rights day: 1941 -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2. Making sense of Blackstone's puzzle: Why forbid defense counselquest -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3. Visions of Cádiz: The Constitution of 1812 in historical and constitutional thought -- National sovereignty and popular representation -- Historical justification in the Cádiz process -- Liberal constitutionalism and constitutional rights -- American equality and independence -- Politicization of constitutional texts and processes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II: General Articles -- Chapter 4. Theorizing the first amendment: From Roger Williams to Larry Flynt -- I. -- II. -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 5. The political analysis of mass incarceration -- Introduction -- Order and change -- Periodization and level of analysis -- Crime as a category of inquiry -- Publics and punishment -- Democracy, community, and expertise -- Directions for further investigation of the politics of crime -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

Chapter 6. Cause lawyering for American Indian voting rights: comparing public and private attorneys -- Indian voting rights litigators - public and private -- Situating voting rights litigation as cause lawyering -- Comparing voting section and ACLU attorneys as cause lawyers -- Conclusion - government attorneys as cause lawyers -- Notes -- References.