The First Constitution

Author : Joshua Mawhorter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798681840992

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The First Constitution by Joshua Mawhorter Pdf

What is the name of the first constitution of the American States? I ask this question year to year to start of the introduction to the Articles of Confederation because this tricky question confuses many and makes the point that the Constitution was not the original written agreement between the American States. The time period of the Articles of Confederation-between the ending of the American Revolution to the ratification of the Constitution by the States-is, without doubt, the most overlooked and misunderstood time period of American history. A fellow history teacher briefly described his next few lessons through the period of the American Revolution to the Constitution as follows, "The Revolution ended, then the Articles were accepted and it sucked, then they changed to the Constitution." While this was just an off-hand statement made to describe a plan in a quick sentence by a knowledgeable history teacher, that is the basic impression people have about the Articles of Confederation if they know anything at all. What were the Articles of Confederation? Were they needed (especially to win the Revolution)? Why were they replaced?

Author : Richard Brandon Morris
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0531005119

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The First Book of the Constitution by Richard Brandon Morris Pdf

Discusses the writing of the Constitution and includes a short outline. Also includes a discussion of the weaknesses of confederation government and descriptions of the founding fathers.

Author : Allan C. Hutchinson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN : 9781487507930

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Democracy and Constitutions by Allan C. Hutchinson Pdf

Bold and unconventional, this book advocates for an institutional turn-about in the relationship between democracy and constitutionalism.

Author : Barbara Silberdick Feinberg
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761321144

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The Articles of Confederation by Barbara Silberdick Feinberg Pdf

Describes the purpose and history of the Articles of Confederation and discusses how it led to the more powerful Constitution.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:248265417

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A Consolidation of the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982 by Anonim Pdf

Author : George P. Fletcher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198032439

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Our Secret Constitution by George P. Fletcher Pdf

Americans hate and distrust their government. At the same time, Americans love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He argues that we have two constitutions--still living side by side--one that caters to freedom and fear, the other that satisfied our needs for security and social justice. The first constitution came into force in 1789. It stresses freedom, voluntary association, and republican elitism. The second constitution begins with the Gettysburg Address and emphasizes equality, organic nationhood, and popular democracy. These radical differences between our two constitutions explain our ambivalence and self-contradictory attitudes toward government. With September 11 the second constitution--which Fletcher calls the Secret Constitution--has become ascendant. When America is under threat, the nation cultivates its solidarity. It overcomes its fear and looks to government for protection and the pursuit of social justice. Lincoln's messages of a strong government and a nation that must "long endure" have never been more relevant to American politics. "Fletcher's argument has intriguing implications beyond the sweeping subject of this profoundly thought-provoking book."--The Denver Post

Author : John F. Kowal
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781620975626

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The People’s Constitution by John F. Kowal Pdf

The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution—the product of compromises and an artifact of its time—and made it more democratic Who wrote the Constitution? That’s obvious, we think: fifty-five men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of twenty-seven amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. The real history of the Constitution is the astonishing story of how subsequent generations have reshaped our founding document amid some of the most colorful, contested, and controversial battles in American political life. It’s a story of how We the People have improved our government’s structure and expanded the scope of our democracy during eras of transformational social change. The People’s Constitution is an elegant, sobering, and masterly account of the evolution of American democracy. From the addition of the Bill of Rights, a promise made to save the Constitution from near certain defeat, to the post–Civil War battle over the Fourteenth Amendment, from the rise and fall of the “noble experiment” of Prohibition to the defeat and resurgence of an Equal Rights Amendment a century in the making, The People’s Constitution is the first book of its kind: a vital guide to America’s national charter, and an alternative history of the continuing struggle to realize the Framers’ promise of a more perfect union.

Author : David P. Currie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780226131092

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The Constitution in the Supreme Court by David P. Currie Pdf

Currie's masterful synthesis of legal analysis and narrative history, gives us a sophisticated and much-needed evaluation of the Supreme Court's first hundred years. "A thorough, systematic, and careful assessment. . . . As a reference work for constitutional teachers, it is a gold mine."—Charles A. Lofgren, Constitutional Commentary

Author : Noah Feldman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780374720872

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The Broken Constitution by Noah Feldman Pdf

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An innovative account of Abraham Lincoln, constitutional thinker and doer Abraham Lincoln is justly revered for his brilliance, compassion, humor, and rededication of the United States to achieving liberty and justice for all. He led the nation into a bloody civil war to uphold the system of government established by the US Constitution—a system he regarded as the “last best hope of mankind.” But how did Lincoln understand the Constitution? In this groundbreaking study, Noah Feldman argues that Lincoln deliberately and recurrently violated the United States’ founding arrangements. When he came to power, it was widely believed that the federal government could not use armed force to prevent a state from seceding. It was also assumed that basic civil liberties could be suspended in a rebellion by Congress but not by the president, and that the federal government had no authority over slavery in states where it existed. As president, Lincoln broke decisively with all these precedents, and effectively rewrote the Constitution’s place in the American system. Before the Civil War, the Constitution was best understood as a compromise pact—a rough and ready deal between states that allowed the Union to form and function. After Lincoln, the Constitution came to be seen as a sacred text—a transcendent statement of the nation’s highest ideals. The Broken Constitution is the first book to tell the story of how Lincoln broke the Constitution in order to remake it. To do so, it offers a riveting narrative of his constitutional choices and how he made them—and places Lincoln in the rich context of thinking of the time, from African American abolitionists to Lincoln’s Republican rivals and Secessionist ideologues. Includes 8 Pages of Black-and-White Illustrations

Author : Alexander Hamilton,John Jay,James Madison
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781528785877

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The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton,John Jay,James Madison Pdf

Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.

Author : Matthew Campbell Mirow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1611631890

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Florida's First Constitution, the Constitution of Cádiz by Matthew Campbell Mirow Pdf

St. Augustine's central square, the Plaza de la Constitución, is not named for the United States Constitution. Instead, its name comes from Florida's first constitution, the Spanish Constitution of Cádiz of 1812. Daily political life in Florida's Spanish colonial cities was governed by this document, and cities like St. Augustine ordered their activities around the requirements, rights, and duties expressed in this Constitution.This Constitution governed Spanish Florida from 1812 to 1815 and then again from 1820 until 1821 when Spain turned Florida over to the United States. Mirow explains the importance of this document to the Spanish colonial world and to Florida. He describes some of the most interesting features of the Constitution and its promulgation in St. Augustine. A fresh and authoritative translation of the entire Constitution is provided along with the Constitution's original text in Spanish.

Author : Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : OCLC:49089791

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The Constitution Act, 1982 by Canada Pdf

Author : Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Oregon
ISBN : MINN:31951D02887082G

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Oregon Blue Book by Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State Pdf

Author : Walter Bagehot
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : History
ISBN : NYPL:33433081652806

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The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot Pdf

There is a great difficulty in the way of a writer who attempts to sketch a living Constitution-a Constitution that is in actual work and power. The difficulty is that the object is in constant change. An historical writer does not feel this difficulty: he deals only with the past; he can say definitely, the Constitution worked in such and such a manner in the year at which he begins, and in a manner in such and such respects different in the year at which he ends; he begins with a definite point of time and ends with one also. But a contemporary writer who tries to paint what is before him is puzzled and a perplexed: what he sees is changing daily. He must paint it as it stood at some one time, or else he will be putting side by side in his representations things which never were contemporaneous in reality.

Author : Jack N. Rakove
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307434517

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Original Meanings by Jack N. Rakove Pdf

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.