Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
The speech of the century -- The myth of laissez-faire -- Rights from wrongs : Roosevelt's constitution -- The emergence of the second bill -- A puzzle and an overview -- The oldest constitution on earth -- American exceptionalism and American culture -- America's pragmatic Constitution -- How the Supreme Court (almost) quietly adopted the second bill -- Citizenship, opportunity, security -- Objections : against the second bill? -- The question of enforcement -- Roosevelt's incomplete triumph