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Book Synopsis America and Enlightenment Constitutionalism by : G. McDowell
Download or read book America and Enlightenment Constitutionalism written by G. McDowell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-09-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book shows in detail the Enlightenment origin of the US Constitution. It provides vivid analysis of how the Enlightenment's basic ideas were reformulated in the context of America.
Book Synopsis The Foundations of American Constitutionalism by : Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin
Download or read book The Foundations of American Constitutionalism written by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study locates the principles of the United States Constitution in the political philosophy of colonial New England, Puritan practices and the ideals of English personal rights and limited government common to all of the colonies.
Book Synopsis The Politics of Enlightenment by : Vincenzo Ferrone
Download or read book The Politics of Enlightenment written by Vincenzo Ferrone and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of Italy's leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume 'Science of Legislation' in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.
Book Synopsis American Constitutionalism Abroad by : George Athan Billias
Download or read book American Constitutionalism Abroad written by George Athan Billias and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1990-05-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compilation of articles by historians, international law experts, and political scientists on the influence of American constitutionalism in various regions of the world at different times and within different contexts. The ideals and ideas expressed in the U.S. Constitution have dramatically influenced different peoples and different lands over the past 200 years. The authors analyze how the documents, procedures, and institutions that came into being between 1776 and 1791 were received and perceived by constitution makers in other countries and show how American constitutionalism spread throughout the world over time. ISBN 0-313-26757-X: $39.95.
Book Synopsis The Origins of American Constitutionalism by : Donald S. Lutz
Download or read book The Origins of American Constitutionalism written by Donald S. Lutz and published by Lsu Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Origins of American Constitutionalism, Donald S. Lutz challenges the prevailing notion that the United States Constitution was either essentially inherited from the British or simply invented by the Federalists in the summer of 1787. His political theory of constitutionalism acknowledges the contributions of the British and the Federalists. Lutz also asserts, however, that the U.S. Constitution derives in form and content from a tradition of American colonial characters and documents of political foundation that began a century and a half prior to 1787. Lutz builds his argument around a close textual analysis of such documents as the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the Rode Island Charter of 1663, the first state constitutions, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation. He shows that American Constitutionalism developed to a considerable degree from radical Protestant interpretations of the Judeo-Christian tradition that were first secularized into political compacts and then incorporated into constitutions and bills of rights. Over time, appropriations that enriched this tradition included aspects of English common law and English Whig theory. Lutz also looks at the influence of Montesquieu, Locke, Blackstone, and Hume. In addition, he details the importance of Americans' experiences and history to the political theory that produced the Constitution. By placing the Constitution within this broader constitutional system, Lutz demonstrates that the document is the culmination of a long process and must be understood within this context. His argument also offers a fresh view of current controversies over the Framers' intentions, the place of religion in American politics, and citizens' continuing role in the development of the constitutional tradition.
Book Synopsis The Complete American Constitutionalism by : Mark A. Graber
Download or read book The Complete American Constitutionalism written by Mark A. Graber and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete American Constitutionalism is designed to be the comprehensive treatment and source for debates on the American constitutional experience. It provides the analysis, resources, and materials both domestic and foreign readers must understand with regards to the practice of constitutionalism in the United States. This first volume of a projected eight volume set is entitled: Introduction and The Colonial Era. Here the authors provide the building blocks for constitutional analysis with an in-depth exploration of the constitutional conflicts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that formed the overall American constitutional experience. This is the first collection of materials that focuses on the crucial constitutional documents and debates that structured American constitutional understandings at the time of the American Revolution. It details the roots of the common law rights that Americans demanded be respected and the different interpretations of the English constitutional experience that increasingly divided Members of Parliament from American Revolutionaries.
Book Synopsis The Moral Tradition of American Constitutionalism by : Jefferson Powell
Download or read book The Moral Tradition of American Constitutionalism written by Jefferson Powell and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locates the origins of constitutional law in the Enlightenment attempt to control the violence of the state by subjecting power to reason, then shows its evolution into a tradition of rational inquiry embodied in a community of lawyers and judges. Continues with discussion of how the tradition's 19th-century presuppositions about the autonomy and rationality of constitutional argument have been undermined in the 20th century. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Foundations of American Constitutionalism by : David A. J. Richards
Download or read book Foundations of American Constitutionalism written by David A. J. Richards and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989-12-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In writing the constitution, the Founders combined a Lockean theory of politically legitimate power with the political science they had learned from Machiavelli, Harrington, Hume, and Montesquieu to articulate a new conception of constitutional argument. Examining the Founders' humanist analytical methods and working assumptions, this book combines history, political philosophy, and interpretive practice as it demonstrates an alternative exegesis of the Constitution. It clarifies a wide range of interpretive issues of federalism, enumerated rights (religious liberty and free speech), unenumerated rights (the constitutional right to privacy), and equal protection.
Book Synopsis Against Constitutionalism by : Martin Loughlin
Download or read book Against Constitutionalism written by Martin Loughlin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical analysis of the transformation of constitutionalism from an increasingly irrelevant theory of limited government into the most influential philosophy of governance in the world today. Constitutionalism is universally commended because it has never been precisely defined. Martin Loughlin argues that it is not some vague amalgam of liberal aspirations but a specific and deeply contentious governing philosophy. An Enlightenment idea that in the nineteenth century became America's unique contribution to the philosophy of government, constitutionalism was by the mid-twentieth century widely regarded as an anachronism. Advocating separated powers and limited government, it was singularly unsuited to the political challenges of the times. But constitutionalism has since undergone a remarkable transformation, giving the Constitution an unprecedented role in society. Once treated as a practical instrument to regulate government, the Constitution has been raised to the status of civil religion, a symbolic representation of collective unity. Against Constitutionalism explains why this has happened and its far-reaching consequences. Spearheaded by a "rights revolution" that subjects governmental action to comprehensive review through abstract principles, judges acquire greatly enhanced power as oracles of the regime's "invisible constitution." Constitutionalism is refashioned as a theory maintaining that governmental authority rests not on collective will but on adherence to abstract standards of "public reason." And across the world the variable practices of constitutional government have been reshaped by its precepts. Constitutionalism, Loughlin argues, now propagates the widespread belief that social progress is advanced not through politics, electoral majorities, and legislative action, but through innovative judicial interpretation. The rise of constitutionalism, commonly conflated with constitutional democracy, actually contributes to its degradation.
Book Synopsis Constitutionalism and Human Rights by : Kenneth W. Thompson
Download or read book Constitutionalism and Human Rights written by Kenneth W. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bicentennial colloquium at the Miller Center."--T.p.
Book Synopsis Constitutionalism in Perspective by : Sarah Baumgartner Thurow
Download or read book Constitutionalism in Perspective written by Sarah Baumgartner Thurow and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First presented as papers at a conference at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, on October 16 and 17, 1987"--Pref.
Book Synopsis Constitutionalism in the Approach and Aftermath of the Civil War by : Paul D. Moreno
Download or read book Constitutionalism in the Approach and Aftermath of the Civil War written by Paul D. Moreno and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The irreducibly constitutional nature of the Civil War's prelude and legacy is the focus of this absorbing collection of nine essays by a diversity of political theorists and historians. The authors examine key constitutional developments leading up to the War, the crucial role of Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship, and how the constitutional aspects of the War and Reconstruction endured in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This thoughtful, informative volume covers a wide range of topics: from George Washington's conception of the Union and his fears for its future to Martin Van Buren's state-centered, anti-secessionist federalism; from Lincoln's approach to citizenship for African-Americans to Woodrow Wilson's attempt to appropriate Lincoln for the goals of Progressivism. Each essay zeroes in on the constitutional causes or consequences of the War, and emphasizes how constitutional principles shape political activity. Accordingly, important figures, disputes, and judicial decisions are placed within the broader context of the constitutional system to explain how ideas and institutions, independently and in dialogue with the courts, have oriented political action and shaped events over time.
Book Synopsis The Impact of the Enlightenment on American Constitutional Law by : Harold Joseph Berman
Download or read book The Impact of the Enlightenment on American Constitutional Law written by Harold Joseph Berman and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis European and American Constitutionalism in the Eighteenth Century by : Michał Rozbicki
Download or read book European and American Constitutionalism in the Eighteenth Century written by Michał Rozbicki and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Words That Made Us by : Akhil Reed Amar
Download or read book The Words That Made Us written by Akhil Reed Amar and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the American Constitution's formative decades from a preeminent legal scholar When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages of newspapers. Should the nation's borders be expanded? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch? In The Words that Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered. His account of the document's origins and consolidation is a guide for anyone seeking to properly understand America's Constitution today.
Author :Michael J. C. Taylor Publisher :Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers ISBN 13 :9781433158353 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (583 download)
Book Synopsis The Preamble and Mission of the Constitution by : Michael J. C. Taylor
Download or read book The Preamble and Mission of the Constitution written by Michael J. C. Taylor and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prologue : We, the people of the United States -- Political sovereignty and its influence on American constitutionalism -- "In order to form a more perfect union" : the social contract and the reclamation of American independence -- "Establish justice" : impartiality and equity under a federal government -- Insure domestic tranquility : a united nation through a balanced government -- Provide for the common defense : protecting a new nation under the constitution -- Promote the general welfare : the federal government and the public good -- Secure the blessings of liberty : the constitution and privacy in the surveillance state -- Epilogue : do ordain and establish : the constitution and the modern American citizen
Book Synopsis Liberty Under Law by : Kenneth L. Grasso
Download or read book Liberty Under Law written by Kenneth L. Grasso and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen chapters selected from the Project on American Constitutionalism's lecture series from 1992 to 1997 examine a number of historical and present-day constitutional controversies. The lectures are divided into three sections which treat: the theoretical foundations and cultural preconditions of the Constitution, with discussions of federalist and anti- federalist views of ratification, the philosophy of Edmund Burke, and religion in American culture; a survey of opinions on the original intent debate; and chapters on controversies arising from specific clauses and amendments in the constitution, including looks at the President's war power, the Presidential veto, the church vs. state debate, and free speech issues. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
