Introduction to US civil liberties -- Part I. Background : perspectives on civil liberties -- What are civil liberties? -- Traditional and documentary origins of US conception and codification of civil liberties -- Indelible civil liberties controversies in American history -- Actualizing civil liberties -- Part II. US civil liberties : highlights and examples -- Freedom of speech and the First Amendment -- Other First Amendment freedoms -- Religion -- Security against unreasonable searches and seizures -- Due process of law -- Privacy, autonomy, and family rights -- Rights of equality -- Rights of democratic participation -- Afterword : the state of US civil liberties.