Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American CultureTransaction Publishers - 530 pages |
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... Constitutionalism in American Culture 3 PART ONE The Most Wonderful Instrument Ever Drawn by the Hand of Man 2 To Make the Constitution a Practical System 234 4 All That Gives Us a National Character The Constitution Threatens to Be a ...
... Constitutionalism in American Culture 3 PART ONE The Most Wonderful Instrument Ever Drawn by the Hand of Man 2 To Make the Constitution a Practical System 234 4 All That Gives Us a National Character The Constitution Threatens to Be a ...
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... constitutionalism and our great gift to the world . And yet , at the state level the amending process is compara- tively easy and many state constitutions have grown grotesquely large — a pattern that is casually tolerated by the public ...
... constitutionalism and our great gift to the world . And yet , at the state level the amending process is compara- tively easy and many state constitutions have grown grotesquely large — a pattern that is casually tolerated by the public ...
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... constitutionalism , by which I mean the perceptions and misperceptions , uses and abuses , knowledge and ignorance of ordinary Americans . " Ordinary " does not refer to their social status or degree of education , but rather to the ...
... constitutionalism , by which I mean the perceptions and misperceptions , uses and abuses , knowledge and ignorance of ordinary Americans . " Ordinary " does not refer to their social status or degree of education , but rather to the ...
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... constitutionalism . One witness described a typical scene where Dr. Tewfik faced a crowd of Kurdish porters in Istanbul . " Tell us what constitution means , " the porters shouted . " Constitution is such a great thing that those who do ...
... constitutionalism . One witness described a typical scene where Dr. Tewfik faced a crowd of Kurdish porters in Istanbul . " Tell us what constitution means , " the porters shouted . " Constitution is such a great thing that those who do ...
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... constitutionalism in Ameri- can culture has been more complicated than one might expect . Whatever the reasons , that role is part of a fascinating story that has never been told . The purpose of this book is to tell it , and to do so ...
... constitutionalism in Ameri- can culture has been more complicated than one might expect . Whatever the reasons , that role is part of a fascinating story that has never been told . The purpose of this book is to tell it , and to do so ...
Contents
2 | 43 |
PART | 125 |
The American and the British Constitution | 156 |
The Crisis in Constitutionalism | 185 |
God Knows How Dearly We Need | 219 |
Decisions Are Politics When Constitutional | 255 |
My God Making a Racket out | 282 |
PART FOUR | 313 |
The Public Got Strange and Distorted | 357 |
Its What Holds Us All Together | 381 |
Appendix A A Note on the Sources | 403 |
Abbreviations | 411 |
95 | 417 |
156 | 429 |
Index | 509 |
Our Bill of Rights Is Under | 336 |
Other editions - View all
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Russell Fraser Limited preview - 2017 |
A Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American Culture Michael G. Kammen Limited preview - 2006 |
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