Politics And The Constitution
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Politics And The Constitution In The History Of The United States
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Author : William W. Crosskey
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1953
Politics And The Constitution In The History Of The United States written by William W. Crosskey and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with History categories.
When the first two volumes of William Crosskey's monumental study of the Constitution appeared in 1953, Arthur M. Schlesinger called it "perhaps the most fertile commentary on that document since The Federalist papers." It was highly controversial as well. The work was a comprehensive reassessment of the meaning of the Constitution, based on examination of eighteenth-century usages of key political and legal concepts and terms. Crosskey's basic thesis was that the Founding Fathers truly intended a government with plenary, nationwide powers, and not, as in the received views, a limited federalism. This third volume of Politics and the Constitution, which Crosskey began and William Jeffrey has finished, treats political activity in the period 1776-87, and is in many ways the heart of the work as Crosskey conceived it. In support of the lexicographic analysis of volumes 1 and 2, volume 3 shows that nationalist ideas and sentiments were a powerful force in American public opinion from the Revolution to the eve of the Constitutional Convention. The creation of a generally empowered national government in Philadelphia, it is argued, was the fruition of a long-active political movement, not the unintended or accidental result of a temporary conservative coalition. This view of the political background of the Constitutional Convention directly challenges the Madisonian-Jeffersonian orthodoxy on the subject. In support of his interpretation, Crosskey amassed a wealth of primary source materials, including heretofore unexplored pamphlets and newspapers. This exhaustive research makes this unique work invaluable for scholars of the period, both for the primary sources collected as well as for the provocative interpretation offered.
Constitutions Religion And Politics In Asia
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Author : Dian A. H. Shah
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-26
Constitutions Religion And Politics In Asia written by Dian A. H. Shah and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-26 with History categories.
Shah uncovers the complex interaction between constitutional law, religion and politics in three key plural societies in Asia.
Constitutional Democracy
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Author : Walter F. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2007
Constitutional Democracy written by Walter F. Murphy and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Law categories.
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Constitutional Politics
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Author : Sotirios A. Barber
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2001-12-09
Constitutional Politics written by Sotirios A. Barber and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-09 with Law categories.
What does it mean to have a constitution? Scholars and students associated with Walter Murphy at Princeton University have long asked this question in their exploration of constitutional politics and judicial behavior. These scholars, concerned with the making, maintenance, and deliberate change of the Constitution, have made unique and significant contributions to our understanding of American constitutional law by going against the norm of court-centered and litigation-minded research. Beginning in the late 1970s, this new wave of academics explored questions ranging from the nature of creating the U.S. Constitution to the philosophy behind amending it. In this collection, Sotirios A. Barber and Robert P. George bring together fourteen essays by members of this Princeton group--some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. These works consider the meaning of having a constitution, the implications of particular choices in the design of constitutions, and the meaning of judicial supremacy in the interpretation of the Constitution. The overarching ambition of this collection is to awaken a constitutionalist consciousness in its readers--to view themselves as potential makers and changers of constitutions, as opposed to mere subjects of existing arrangements. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Walter F. Murphy, John E. Finn, Christopher L. Eisgruber, James E. Fleming, Jeffrey K. Tulis, Suzette Hemberger, Stephen Macedo, Sanford Levinson, H. N. Hirsch, Wayne D. Moore, Keith E. Whittington, and Mark E. Brandon.
The State
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Author : Woodrow Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The State written by Woodrow Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Constitutional history categories.
Social And Political Foundations Of Constitutions
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Author : Denis James Galligan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013
Social And Political Foundations Of Constitutions written by Denis James Galligan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Constitutional law categories.
"This volume analyses the social and political forces that influence constitutions and the process of constitution making. It combines theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions with a range of detailed case studies of constitution making in nineteen different countries. In the first part of the volume, leading scholars analyse and develop a range of theoretical perspectives, including constitutions as coordination devices, mission statements, contracts, products of domestic power play, transnational documents, and as reflection of the will of the people. In the second part of the volume, these theories are examined through in-depth case studies of the social and political foundations of constitutions in countries such as Egypt, Nigeria, Japan, Romania, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Israel, Argentina, and others. The result is a multidimensional study of constitutions as social phenomena and their interaction with other social phenomena. The approach combines social science analysis of the nature of constitutions with case studies of selected constitutions"--
Original Meanings
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Author : Jack N. Rakove
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2010-04-21
Original Meanings written by Jack N. Rakove and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-21 with Political Science categories.
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans.
Constitutional Self Government
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Author : Christopher L. Eisgruber
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2001-09-30
Constitutional Self Government written by Christopher L. Eisgruber and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-30 with Law categories.
Most of us regard the Constitution as the foundation of American democracy. How, then, are we to understand the restrictions that it imposes on legislatures and voters? Why, for example, does the Constitution allow unelected judges to exercise so much power? And why is this centuries-old document so difficult to amend? In short, how can we call ourselves a democracy when we are bound by an entrenched, and sometimes counter-majoritarian, constitution? In Constitutional Self-Government, Christopher Eisgruber focuses directly on the Constitution's seemingly undemocratic features. Whereas other scholars have tried to reconcile these features with majority rule, or simply acknowledged them as necessary limits on democracy, Eisgruber argues that constitutionalism is best regarded not as a constraint upon self-government, but as a crucial ingredient in a complex, non-majoritarian form of democracy. In an original and provocative argument, he contends that legislatures and elections provide only an incomplete representation of the people, and he claims that the Supreme Court should be regarded as another of the institutions able to speak for Americans about justice. At a pivotal moment of worldwide interest in judicial review and renewed national controversy over the Supreme Court's role in politics, Constitutional Self-Government ingeniously locates the Constitution's value in its capacity to sustain an array of institutions that render self-government meaningful for a large and diverse people.
Power Maps Comparative Politics Of Constitutions
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Author : Ivo D. Duchacek
language : en
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif : ABC-Clio
Release Date : 1973
Power Maps Comparative Politics Of Constitutions written by Ivo D. Duchacek and has been published by Santa Barbara, Calif : ABC-Clio this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Law categories.
The State
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Author : Woodrow Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The State written by Woodrow Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Political science categories.