The Constitution an introduction
In The Constitution, constitutional scholar Michael Stokes Paulsen and his son Luke provide a clear, accessible introduction to the history and meaning of this historic document. Beginning with the Constitution's birth in 1787, Paulsen and Paulsen offer a grand tour of its history and interpret...
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New York :
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
2016
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Upheaval : The Revolutionary Creation of the U.S. Constitution
- Superstructure : The Framers' Grand Design
- Powers : The Sweeping Powers of Congress, the President, and the Courts
- Slavery : The Constitution's Collusion with Evil
- Freedoms : The Enactment and Meaning of the Bill of Rights
- Infancy : Defining Controversies in the Constitution's Early Years (1790-1860)
- Crisis : Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction (1860-1876)
- Betrayal : The Supreme Court's Abandonment of the Constitution (1876-1936)
- Restoration : The Constitution through Depression, World War, and Segregation (1936-1960)
- Controversy : The Modern Era of Judicial Activism (1960-today)
- Coda: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century.
