Author: Joseph StoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Joseph StoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States
Author: Joseph StoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
The Constitution of the United States of America
Author: Mark TushnetPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1509901760
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This is the second edition of Professor Tushnet's short critical introduction to the history and current meaning of the United States' Constitution. It is organised around wo themes: first, the US Constitution is old, short, and difficult to amend. Second, the Constitution creates a structure of political opportunities that allows political actors, icluding political parties, to pursue the preferred policy goals even to the point of altering the very structure of politics. Deploying these themes to examine the structure f the national government, federalism, judicial review, and individual rights, the book provides basic information about, and deeper insights into, the way he US constitutional system has developed and what it means today.
The United States Constitution
Author: Jonathan HennesseyPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0809094703
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : da
Pages : 156
Book Description
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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Joseph StoryAmerica's Constitution
Author: Akhil Reed AmarPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588364879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it. We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding “We the People,” was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions.) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators’ inspired genius. Despite the Constitution’s flaws, its role in guiding our republic has been nothing short of amazing. Skillfully placing the document in the context of late-eighteenth-century American politics, America’s Constitution explains, for instance, whether there is anything in the Constitution that is unamendable; the reason America adopted an electoral college; why a president must be at least thirty-five years old; and why–for now, at least–only those citizens who were born under the American flag can become president. From his unique perspective, Amar also gives us unconventional wisdom about the Constitution and its significance throughout the nation’s history. For one thing, we see that the Constitution has been far more democratic than is conventionally understood. Even though the document was drafted by white landholders, a remarkably large number of citizens (by the standards of 1787) were allowed to vote up or down on it, and the document’s later amendments eventually extended the vote to virtually all Americans. We also learn that the Founders’ Constitution was far more slavocratic than many would acknowledge: the “three fifths” clause gave the South extra political clout for every slave it owned or acquired. As a result, slaveholding Virginians held the presidency all but four of the Republic’s first thirty-six years, and proslavery forces eventually came to dominate much of the federal government prior to Lincoln’s election. Ambitious, even-handed, eminently accessible, and often surprising, America’s Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States.
Constitutional Government in the United States
Author: Woodrow WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
An Exposition of the Constitution of the United States
Author: Henry FlandersPublisher: Philadelphia, E. H. Butler & Company
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
View of the Constitution of the United States
Author: St. George TuckerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780865972001
Category : Common law
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
St. George Tucker's View of the Constitution, published in 1803, was the first extended, systematic commentary on the United States Constitution after its ratification. Generations learned their Blackstone and their understanding of the Constitution through Tucker. Clyde N. Wilson is Professor of History and editor of The Papers of John C. Calhoun at the University of South Carolina. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.
Author: Henry Flanders