| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Founding -- Shays' Rebellion or Why the Framers Framed -- A Neglected Source of the Union -- A Little Guy Named Madison -- What Was the Framers' Vision? -- The Man on the $10 Bill -- The Roads Not Taken -- Ratification by Hook and by Crook -- Slavery Versus the Blessings of Liberty -- Democracy and the Framers -- Matriculating at the Electoral College -- 1787 in Context -- Marbury, Madison and Marshall -- The Bill of Rights -- The Framers Against the Bill of Rights -- Politics and the Birth of the Bill of Rights -- The Bill of Rights' Century of Slumber -- The Second Constitution -- What Does a Guy Have to Do to Get Impeached Around Here? -- The Rights Come to Life -- Left Out of the Constitution -- Indians: A Trail of Tears -- Blacks: From Plessy to Brown -- Women: Almost Equal Rights -- Japanese-Americans: Justice for All? -- The Constitution in Our Times -- Contragate and the Constitution -- At War Against the Constitution -- The Drive for a New Convention -- The Constitution Under Strain -- The Right to be Left Alone -- The Myth of Original Intent -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book is a search for the source of the magical power of Soviet Constitution to provide and protect the freedom, democracy, equality and justice. It presents a record of the political, economic, social and moral trends of its time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Eric Black |
| Subject |
United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
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| SUBJECT |
Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787) fast |
| Subject |
Constitutional history -- United States -- Popular works
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Constitutional history
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1000237389 |
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9781000237382 |
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0429300808 |
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9780429300806 |
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9781000309263 |
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1000309266 |
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9781000273328 |
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1000273326 |
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