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  • The Constitution of 1789

    A New Introduction

    de Ilan Wurman ...
    The Constitution of 1789 is a new introduction to the Constitution written on the semiquincentennial of American Independence, packed with novel and surprising insights about the Constitution's original meaning. The book takes the reader on an in-depth tour of the Constitution's structure and separation of powers, starting with the nature of written constitutions and the compound nature of the ... Leer más

    $23.79 USD

  • A Debt Against the Living

    An Introduction to Originalism

    de Ilan Wurman ...
    Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that the earth belongs to the living. His letter to James Madison is often quoted for the proposition that we should not be bound to the 'dead hand of the past', suggesting that the Constitution should instead be interpreted as a living, breathing document. Less well-known is Madison's response, in which he said the improvements made by the dead - including the US ... Leer más

    $28.69 USD

  • The Second Founding

    An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment

    de Ilan Wurman ...
    In The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment, Ilan Wurman provides an illuminating introduction to the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment's famous provisions 'due process of law,' 'equal protection of the laws,' and the 'privileges' or 'immunities' of citizenship. He begins by exploring the antebellum legal meanings of these concepts, starting from Magna Carta, the ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

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  • Original Meanings

    Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    de Jack N. Rakove ...
    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has ... Leer más

    Antes $12.99 USD Ahora $9.99 USD

  • America's Unwritten Constitution

    The Precedents and Principles We Live By

    de Akhil Reed Amar ...
    From a preeminent constitutional scholar, a “highly engaging and thought-provoking” (Wall Street Journal) exploration of the unwritten rules that inform the American ConstitutionDespite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written Constitution does not enumerate all of the rules and rights, principles and procedures that actually govern modern America. As esteemed legal scholar ... Leer más

    Antes $16.99 USD Ahora $1.99 USD

  • The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction

    de Professor Akhil Reed Amar ...
    Are the deep insights of Hugo Black, William Brennan, and Felix Frankfurter that have defined our cherished Bill of Rights fatally flawed? With meticulous historical scholarship and elegant legal interpretation a leading scholar of Constitutional law boldly answers yes as he explodes conventional wisdom about the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution in this incisive new account of our ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • Our Republican Constitution

    Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People

    de Randy E. Barnett ...
    A concise history of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions, from one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars—a manifesto for renewing our constitutional republic.The Constitution of the United States begins with the words: “We the People.” But from the earliest days of the American republic, there have been two competing notions of “the People,” ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • The People Themselves

    Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review

    de Larry D. Kramer ...
    The United States Constitution is the foundation of the longest and most successful democratic experiment in modern human history. It serves not only as legal bedrock for the world's most powerful nation-state, but also, more broadly, it reflects that nation's fundamental aspirations and commitments as a society. Who then has the authority to interpret a blueprint of such extraordinary influence? ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • We the People, Volume 2

    Transformations

    de Bruce Ackerman ...
    Series Libro 2 - We the People
    Constitutional change, seemingly so orderly, formal, and refined, has in fact been a revolutionary process from the first, as Bruce Ackerman makes clear in We the People: Transformations. The Founding Fathers, hardly the genteel conservatives of myth, set America on a remarkable course of revolutionary disruption and constitutional creativity that endures to this day. After the bloody sacrifices ... Leer más

    $35.09 USD

  • America's Constitution

    A Biography

    de Akhil Reed Amar ...
    This “authoritative [and] important” (The New York Times Book Review) “biography” of America’s framing document explores topics ranging from presidential power and freedom of speech to birthright citizenship and beyond, explaining not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it.“Elegantly written, thorough but concise, and consistently enlightening . . . an indispensable ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

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  • Active Liberty

    Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution

    de Stephen Breyer ...
    A brilliant new approach to the Constitution and courts of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.For Justice Breyer, the Constitution’s primary role is to preserve and encourage what he calls “active liberty”: citizen participation in shaping government and its laws. As this book argues, promoting active liberty requires judicial modesty and deference to Congress; it also means ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The U.S. Constitution

    A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader

    de Melissa Murray ...
    From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, podcast host,and legal expertcomes an accessible and modern guide on how to read and understand the U.S. Constitution.Think of this as the U.S. Constitution explained by America’s favorite law professor, Melissa Murray. On her podcast, Strict Scrutiny, Murray and her cohosts, Kate Shaw and Leah Litman, provide in-depth, accessible, and irreverent ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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