本書以2000年美國大選布什與戈爾關於弗洛裏達州計票方式而請求司法介入的案例為序，引齣美國的這部成文憲法對整個國傢運作的指導與發展。

書中講解瞭許多近年來美國憲法應用的案例，從中亦可反應美國司法體係（高等法院）關於憲法理解的發展

Table of contents

Prologue : Bush v. Gore

Introduction : the dynamic Constitution 1

1 Freedom of speech 31

2 Freedom of religion 57

3 Protection of economic liberties 75

4 Rights to fair procedures 91

5 Equal protection of the laws 106

6 Fundamental rights 138

7 The powers of Congress 157

8 Executive power 173

9 Judicial power 189

10 Elections, political democracy, and the Constitution 207

11 Structural limits on state power and resulting individual rights 225

12 The Constitution in war and emergency 237

13 The reach of the Constitution and Congress's enforcement power 254

14 Conclusion 269

App The Constitution of the United States

Richard H. Fallon, Jr., is the Ralph S. Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law at the Harvard Law School

在哈佛大學法學院進行憲法教學20餘年，並獲得最佳教學奬等諸多教學研究殊榮，乃法理學、憲法學的權威學者