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Original meanings : politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution

by Rakove Jack N.

Synopsis

What did the U.S. Constitution originally mean, and who has comprehended its meaning best? Jack Rakove, professor of history at Stanford University, now approaches the debates surrounding the framing and ratification of the Constitution from the vantage point of history, examining the personal influences the various framers, especially James Madison, exerted over the process.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1996
ISBN-13 9780394578583
ISBN-10 0394578589
Class Copyright
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Subject LAW;POLITICAL SCIENCE
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 439
Shelf No. FP125