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The United States Constitution : one document, many choices /
"The U.S. Constitution: One Document, Many Choices is designed to provide an understanding of the document both by explaining its origins in Western political thought and by describing the institutions it created. It further compares these institutions to possible alternatives (e.g., how Congre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter One Institutional Choices and the Preamble: It's a Real-World Document, Not a Utopian Blueprint; Chapter Two The Legislative Branch: It's a Congress, Not a Parliament; Chapter Three The Executive Branch: It's Headed by an Accountable Elected Official, Not a King or a Dictator; Chapter Four The Judicial Branch: It's a Group of Lawyers, Not Platonic Guardians; Chapter Five The Nation and the States: The Arrangement Is Federal, Not Confederal or Unitary.
- Chapter Six The Constitutional Amending Process: It's Difficult because It's Designed to Preserve the Constitution as FundamChapter Seven The Bill of Rights and Freedom of Belief and Expression: They Provide for Liberty, Not License; Chapter Eight The Bill of Rights, the Right to Security, and the Rights of the Accused and the Convicted: They Protect the Gu; Chapter Nine Equality and the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments: It's an Equality of Opportunity, Not a Guarantee of E; Postscript: A Time for Reflection; Glossary; The Constitution of the United States; Index.