| Description |
xi, 395 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 371-379. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : American constitutional history, 1776-1789 / Leonard W. Levy -- The British and colonial background to American constitutionalism / John M. Murrin -- Origins of the American Revolution : a constitutional interpretation / Jack P. Greene -- The Declaration of Independence as a constitutional document / Dennis J. Mahoney -- The first American constitutions / Donald S. Lutz -- The first Federal constitution : the Articles of Confederation / Peter S. Onuf -- The road to Philadelphia, 1781-1787 / Jack N. Rakove -- The Constitutional Convention / Lance G. Banning -- A system without precedent : Federalism in the American Constitution / Michael P. Zuckert -- The Constitution and the separation of powers / Edward J. Erler -- The witch at the christening : slavery and the Constitution's origins / William M. Wieck -- Congress during the Convention and ratification / Michael J. Malbin -- The presidency and the executive power / Judith A. Best -- The courts and the judicial power / Ralph A. Rossum -- War powers, treaties, and the Constitution / Charles A. Lofgren -- The Constitution : an economic document? / James H. Hutson -- The case against ratification : anti-Federalist constitutional thought / Murray P. Dry -- The case for ratification : Federalist constitutional thought / David F. Epstein -- Framing and ratifying the first ten amendments / Robert A. Rutland -- Organizing the new national government / Jacob E. Cooke -- Constitutionalism and the American founding / Herman J. Belz. |
| Subject |
Constitutional history -- United States.
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United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
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| Indexed Term |
Constitution |
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United States |
| Added Author |
Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006.
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Mahoney, Dennis J.
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| ISBN |
0029187907: $24.95 |
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