We the elites : why the US constitution serves the few / Robert Ovetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ovetz, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Elite (Social sciences).

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2022]

Summary:

A new, radical reading of the US constitution.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Introduction: The United States, Democracy or Republic?

1. The Framers' Vision

2. Preamble: "Intoxicating Draughts of Liberty Run Mad"

3. Congress: Justice to Property

4. Congress: Designed for Inefficiency

5. Congress: Power of the Purse

6. The Executive: The Rule of One

7. The Executive: Unrestrained Global Guardian of Property

8. The Judiciary: The Servant above His Master

9. Amendments and Ratification: An Act of Force and Not of Right

10. Beyond the Constitution

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ovetz, Robert We the Elites

ISBN:

9780745344744