The Constitution A documentary and narrative history: a documentary and narrative history

Takes the reader on a journey through the pages of the powerful document to examine its origins and growth. Examines its function in our national life and individual consciousness

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1. Verfasser: Smith, Page 1917-1995 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Morrow Quill Paperbacks 1980
Ausgabe:1. Morrow Quill paperback ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Takes the reader on a journey through the pages of the powerful document to examine its origins and growth. Examines its function in our national life and individual consciousness
Beschreibung:Includes index
Origins -- The nature of law -- James Otis and the British Constitution -- John Adams thinks about government -- The radical alternative -- The Articles of Confederation -- Debates in the federal convention of 1787 as reported by James Madison -- The Constitution and the states -- The Federalist Papers -- The federal government -- The executive -- Marbury v. Madison -- The court under fire -- Strengthening the court -- Completing the structure -- Jackson and the court -- A new era -- Slavery -- The court and Reconstruction -- The argumentation of the executive power -- The four horsemen overthrown -- The "new" court -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:564 p. 24 cm
ISBN:0688083498

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