First published 1958.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Ideas, institutions, and American liberty, by R. M. Hutchins.--The pattern of liberty, by C. Rossiter.--The state and human freedom, by J. Hart.--On freedom, by G. E. G. Catlin.--The use of intelligence in advancement of civil rights, by M. R. Konvitz.--Social science in civil rights litigation, by J. Tanenhaus.--Mediation and education for equal economic opportunity, by J. F. Cushman.--American liberty: an examination of the "tradition" of freedom, by J. P. Roche.--The Marshall Court and civil liberties, by D. G. Morgan.--Freedom and human rights under international law, by Q. Wright.--The "rights of aliens" and international protection of human rights, by H. W. Briggs.--Observations by an American on English civil liberties, by R. K. Carr.--Problems of freedom in postwar Europe, 1945-1957, by M. Einaudi.--The Bill of rights, the Fourteenth amendment, and the Federal system, by W. Anderson.--Procedural due process in the Fifth amendment, by R. F. Cushman.--Congress: old powers, new techniques, by R. G. Whitesel.--Robert Eugene Cushman: a bibliography, compiled by H. F. Way, Jr. (p. 349-355)