The Second Creation : Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era /

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Americans widely believe that the U.S. Constitution was almost wholly created when it was drafted in 1787 and ratified in 1788. Jonathan Gienapp recovers the unknown story of the Constitution's second creation in the decade after its adoption-a story with explosive implications for current deba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gienapp, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Constitutional amendments > United States.
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutional law > United States.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).
Adams.
Amendments.
Anti-Federalists.
Articles of Confederation.
Bill of Rights.
Common law.
Constitutional Convention.
Enumerated powers.
Federalism.
Hamilton.
Jackson.
Jefferson.
Madison.
Washington.
national bank.
originalism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Reimagining the Creation of the American Constitution
  • 1. The Uncertainty of Written Constitutionalism
  • 2. Language and Power
  • 3. The Unfinished Constitution
  • 4. The Sacred Text
  • 5. The Rules of the Constitution
  • 6. The "People's" Constitution
  • 7. The Apotheosis of the Fixed Constitution
  • Epilogue: The Endurance of Fixity
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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