McClain, Emlin. Constitutional law in the United States. [*]$2. Longmans.
“This text book on American constitutional law is published in the “American citizen” series, edited by Prof. Hart.... The classical bibliography and references at the beginning of each chapter together furnish opportunity for a more extended study of the subjects dealt with in the text.... The volume is divided into eight parts ... first ... the System of government.... Part II. explains how the government is organized. Parts III., IV., and V. deal with the nature and scope ... of the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches of the government; Part VI. concerns itself with the relations of the states to each other and to the federal government. The last two parts are on the relations of the individual to the government and on civil rights.”—N. Y. Times.
“It is an able, fresh, vigorous treatment of the subject, handled with assurance and with considerable novelty in method.”
| + + + | Am. Hist. R. 10: 948. Jl. ‘05. 90w. |
“Covering in a cursory way so vast a field, the book is necessarily in many respects unsatisfactory. It has, however, the decided merit of containing a selected general bibliography, topical bibliographical references for each chapter, an analytical table of contents, and a fairly satisfactory index.”
| + + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 591. My. ‘05. 220w. |
“The volume is very well adapted either for private reading or for classes of civics or history in our schools.”
| + + | Cath. World. 81: 543. Jl. ‘05. 120w. |
“The clear arrangement and concise style, the subordination of detail, and the avoidance of a mere mechanical order in the presentation of topics save it from stereotyped formality or dull abstruseness. On the whole, we should expect to see McClain supplant Cooley to a considerable extent in the schools and colleges.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 449. Jl. 8, ‘05. 750w. | |
| + + | Pub. Opin. 39: 318. S. 2, ‘05. 130w. |