Explicit and authentic acts : amending the U.S. Constitution, 1776-2015 /

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"Bancroft Prize, Henry Adams Prize, Ohio History Association Book Prize, In time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process of amending the US Constitution. The Afterword discusses the many amendments, such those requ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kyvig, David E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : University Press of Kansas, 2016.
Temas:
Constitutional amendments > United States > History.
LAW > Legal History.
Constitutional amendments.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Here shall be thy bounds : the rise of constitutionalism
  • To rectify the errors that will creep in : the emergence of the amending corollary
  • A peaceable process of cure : devising the American amending system
  • A remedy in the system itself : amending and the adoption of the constitution
  • The most satisfactory provisions for all essential rights : immediate amendment as the constitution's price and proof
  • Too ticklish to be unnecessarily multiplied : amendments and the judicial review alternative
  • In pursuit of an impracticable theory : states' rights and constitutional amendment
  • Consummated amid fiery passions : the second american constitutional revolution
  • No force less than the force of revolution : resurrecting the amending remedy
  • Just as far as public sentiment would justify : an era of constitutional activity and faith
  • Like the ratchet on a cog wheel : second thoughts about amendment
  • Where the people themselves express their will : altering established constitutional provisions and practices
  • The danger of tinkering : forgoing amendment in the third American constitutional revolution
  • The sharp anger of a moment : attempted counterrevolution by amendment
  • Not perfect, but better than no solution : amendments to solve immediate problems
  • To set out on a vast uncharted sea : failed quests to alter original agreements
  • They thought that just being right would be enough : amendments as tests of national consensus
  • To manipulate the symbol of national purpose : amendment politics in a conservative era
  • The offspring of our own choice : amendments in constitutional thought and practice
  • Afterword.

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