The American Revolution and the Constitution / edited by Yuval Levin, Adam J. White, and John Yoo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levin, Yuval, editor.

White, Adam J., editor.

Yoo, John, editor.

Series:

We hold these truths : America at 250 ; v. 7.

We hold these truths : America at 250 ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

United States--Centennial celebrations, etc.

Physical Description:

v, 142 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : AEI Press, publisher for the American Enterprise Institute, 2026.

Summary:

"The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, yet the founding is controversial now in ways it has not been in decades. The American Enterprise Institute offers a major intellectual and educational project to reintroduce Americans to the unique value of their national inheritance. In the seventh volume of this series, scholars of American history, law, and politics discuss how the American Revolution unleashed the forces of constitution-making in the United States. As states erected new governments in the wake of independence, they worked to combine traditions of colonial self-government with both classical and novel political theories. Studying the revolutionary period shows how it gave birth to a constitutional culture that shaped the delegates and debates that would forge the nation's enduring Constitution in 1787"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Invention of American Constitutionalism / Jack N. Rakove

The Revolution and the Constitution : Five Grand Narratives / Akhil Reed Amar

From Colonial Rule to Constitutional Administration / Adam J. White

That Honorable Determination / Colleen A. Sheehan

Was the American Revolution a Change of Regime? / Harvey C. Mansfield

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version American revolution and the constitution

ISBN:

9780844751122

084475112X

9780844751115

0844751111

OCLC:

1570749848