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The Madisonian constitution / George Thomas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, George, 1970- author.
- Series:
- John Hopkins series in constitutional thought.
- John Hopkins series in constitutional thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States. Constitution.
- United States.
- Madison, James, 1751-1836.
- Madison, James.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Engagingly written and soundly argued, this study clarifies and highlights the political origins of the nation's foundational document and argues that American constitutionalism is primarily about countervailing power not legal limits enforced by courts.
- Contents:
- Madison's complex constitutionalism
- Congress, the Supreme Court, and the meaning of the Civil War amendments
- The progressive reconstruction of American constitutionalism
- Discontinuities in the "Constitutional Revolution of 1937"
- Unsettling the New Deal and the return of originalism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0326-9
- OCLC:
- 794701455
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