How progressives rewrote the Constitution / Richard A. Epstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Progressivism (United States politics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard A. Epstein traces the Old Court's treatment of federalism and economic liberty and shows how early 20th-century progressives prevailed eventually in undermining those principles, supplanting competitive markets with government-created cartels and monopolies

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Classical Liberal Synthesis; 3. The Progressive Era; 4. The Post-Progressive Period; 5. Progressivism Today; Notes; Index; About the Author; Cato Institute

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611905378

9781281905376

1281905372

9781933995298

1933995297

9781598759129

1598759124

OCLC:

475969630