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Book Synopsis Notes on the Constitutional History, of the United States by : Kenneth McIntosh
Download or read book Notes on the Constitutional History, of the United States written by Kenneth McIntosh and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written at the end of the Reconstruction period, this is a stimulating and often insightful study of the early political history of the United States and its constitutional growth from the colonial period to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. It is particularly interesting for its balanced, coolly legalistic, discussion of the Civil War, the reconstruction amendments and the decisions of the Supreme Court under Taney, Chase and Waite. McIntosh was a Pittsburgh lawyer. Notes is based on a series of lectures presented to the students of Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA.
Book Synopsis Notes on the Constitutional History of the United States (Classic Reprint) by : Kenneth McIntosh
Download or read book Notes on the Constitutional History of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Kenneth McIntosh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes on the Constitutional History of the United States The opinions expressed on disputed questions which arose in our history, I think, are not par tisan. The student can investigate and judge for himself of their correctness. I must express my gratitude to my honored teacher, Professor Henry 7. Torrey, of Har vard College, for the interest he gave me in this study, and to the Honorable R. B. Carnahan, of Pittsburgh, for information on the practical working of our governments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Constitutional Convention by : James Madison
Download or read book The Constitutional Convention written by James Madison and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1787, the American union was in disarray. The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so recently deposed. A truly national government was needed, one that could raise money, regulate commerce, and defend the states against foreign threats–without becoming as overbearing as England. So thirty-six-year-old James Madison believed. That summer, the Virginian was instrumental in organizing the Constitutional Convention, in which one of the world’s greatest documents would be debated, created, and signed. Inspired by a sense of history in the making, he kept the most extensive notes of any attendee.Now two esteemed scholars have made these minutes accessible to everyone. Presented with modern punctuation and spelling, judicious cuts, and helpful notes–plus fascinating background information on every delegate and an overview of the tumultuous times–here is the great drama of how the Constitution came to be, from the opening statements to the final votes. This Modern Library Paperback Classic also includes an Introduction and appendices from the authors.
Book Synopsis SOVEREIGN STATES by : JAMES JACKSON. KILPATRICK
Download or read book SOVEREIGN STATES written by JAMES JACKSON. KILPATRICK and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Journal of the Federal Convention by : United States. Constitutional Convention
Download or read book Journal of the Federal Convention written by United States. Constitutional Convention and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution by : Richard A. Epstein
Download or read book How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution written by Richard A. Epstein and published by Cato Institute. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution explores the fundamental shift in political and economic thought of the Progressive Era and how the Supreme Court was used to transform the Constitution into one that reflected the ideas of their own time, while undermining America’s founding principles. Epstein examines key decisions to demonstrate how Progressives attacked much of the legal precedent and eventually weakened the Court’s thinking concerning limited federal powers and the protection of individual rights. Progressives on the Court undermined basic economic principles of freedom and competition, paving the way for the modern redistributive and regulatory state. This book shows that our modern “constitutional law,” fashioned largely by the New Deal Court in the late 1930s, has its roots in Progressivism, not in our country's founding principles, and how so many of those ideas, however discredited by more recent economic thought, still shape the Court's decisions.
Book Synopsis America's Constitution by : Akhil Reed Amar
Download or read book America's Constitution written by Akhil Reed Amar and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it. We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding “We the People,” was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions.) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators’ inspired genius. Despite the Constitution’s flaws, its role in guiding our republic has been nothing short of amazing. Skillfully placing the document in the context of late-eighteenth-century American politics, America’s Constitution explains, for instance, whether there is anything in the Constitution that is unamendable; the reason America adopted an electoral college; why a president must be at least thirty-five years old; and why–for now, at least–only those citizens who were born under the American flag can become president. From his unique perspective, Amar also gives us unconventional wisdom about the Constitution and its significance throughout the nation’s history. For one thing, we see that the Constitution has been far more democratic than is conventionally understood. Even though the document was drafted by white landholders, a remarkably large number of citizens (by the standards of 1787) were allowed to vote up or down on it, and the document’s later amendments eventually extended the vote to virtually all Americans. We also learn that the Founders’ Constitution was far more slavocratic than many would acknowledge: the “three fifths” clause gave the South extra political clout for every slave it owned or acquired. As a result, slaveholding Virginians held the presidency all but four of the Republic’s first thirty-six years, and proslavery forces eventually came to dominate much of the federal government prior to Lincoln’s election. Ambitious, even-handed, eminently accessible, and often surprising, America’s Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States.
Book Synopsis The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789 by : John Fiske
Download or read book The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789 written by John Fiske and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 406 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.
Book Synopsis A.L.A. Catalog, 1926 by : Isabella Mitchell Cooper
Download or read book A.L.A. Catalog, 1926 written by Isabella Mitchell Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, Published During Its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788 by : Paul Leicester Ford
Download or read book Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, Published During Its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788 written by Paul Leicester Ford and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ford, Paul Leicester. Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, Published During Its Discussion by the People 1787-1788. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888. viii, 451 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-25089. ISBN 1-886363-95-1. Cloth. $75. * A collection of rare pamphlets that treat the question of the Constitution, with annotations and a bibliography by Ford, author of a bibliography of Franklin's works. "Recommended by Warren for 'The sources from which interpretations of the meaning of the provisions of the Constitution (U.S.) have been obtained at various times in the past...' Warren, The Making of the Constitution 784." Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 375.
Book Synopsis Secular Revelations by : Mitchell MELTZER
Download or read book Secular Revelations written by Mitchell MELTZER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Constitution is a quintessentially political document. Yet, until now, no one has seriously considered the formative influence of this document on American cultural life. In this ambitious book, Mitchell Meltzer demonstrates the extent to which the Constitution is both source and inspiration for America's greatest literary masterworks.
Book Synopsis The Constitutional History of England by : Henry Hallam
Download or read book The Constitutional History of England written by Henry Hallam and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1950-1977 by : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1950-1977 written by R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 2530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oxford History of the United States, 1783-1917 by : Samuel Eliot Morison
Download or read book The Oxford History of the United States, 1783-1917 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis These Truths: A History of the United States by : Jill Lepore
Download or read book These Truths: A History of the United States written by Jill Lepore and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore’s one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of the nation’s history. The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation’s truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change. “A nation born in contradiction… will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, but engaging in that struggle by studying the past is part of the work of citizenship. With These Truths, Lepore has produced a book that will shape our view of American history for decades to come.
