Looking for academic-type books that actually analyze the development of the legal/jurisprudential principles, not just the history of the people and parties involved. Also, not looking to buy law school casebooks.
For example, "A detailed history of the Fourth Amendment/Search and Seizure right is X, a detailed history of the establishment clause is Y "
EDIT - Should clarify that I mean American legal history/analysis, which includes English common law leading up to the American Revolution. Also, not looking for multivolume treatises.
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I think one of the best books I've read on the evolution of constitutional law in the United States is Friedman's The Will of the People. You also can't miss by reading Holmes' The Common Law. With Holmes, the usual issues that arise from reading an 1880s legal treatise still apply, but it's actually a pretty solid read, even 140 years later.