Original meanings : politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution / Jack N. Rakove.
By: Rakove, Jack N
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TextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1997, c1996Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.General Notes: Originally published in hardcover: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1996.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xvi, 439 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0679781218 (pbk.) :; 9780679781219 (pbk.).Subject(s): Constitutional history -- United States | Constitutional law -- United StatesDDC classification: 342.73/029 | 347.30229 Other classification: 15.85 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 342.73029 R137 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003745304 |
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Originally published in hardcover: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The perils of originalism. -- The road to Philadelphia. -- The Madisonian moment. -- The politics of constitution-making. -- The concept of ratification. -- Debating the Constitution. -- Federalism. -- The mirror of representation. -- Creating the presidency. -- Rights. -- Madison and the origins of originalism.
Reassessing the original intentions of the ratifiers of the U.S. Constitution, the author examines debates over ratification, the political issues of the era, and the roles of Madison and others.
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