Machine That Would Go of Itself: The Constitution in American CultureTransaction Publishers - 530 pages |
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Page xi
... served as attorney general of the U.S. , the doctrine of " original intent " underwent a vigorous revival but prompted equally strenuous rebuttals from those who believe that the Constitution is a living organism that must be adapted in ...
... served as attorney general of the U.S. , the doctrine of " original intent " underwent a vigorous revival but prompted equally strenuous rebuttals from those who believe that the Constitution is a living organism that must be adapted in ...
Page xxiii
... serves as a reminder that ignorance of the Constitution— not to mention ignoring the Constitution — has also been commonplace in our past . And finally , an editorial response that appeared in the Hartford , Connecticut , Times urged ...
... serves as a reminder that ignorance of the Constitution— not to mention ignoring the Constitution — has also been commonplace in our past . And finally , an editorial response that appeared in the Hartford , Connecticut , Times urged ...
Page xxviii
... served as Went- worth Scholar - in - Residence for a week in October 1982 ; to Union Col- lege ; to the University of Dallas ; to the Cornell Law School ; and to a symposium co - sponsored by the Constitution Study Group of the National ...
... served as Went- worth Scholar - in - Residence for a week in October 1982 ; to Union Col- lege ; to the University of Dallas ; to the Cornell Law School ; and to a symposium co - sponsored by the Constitution Study Group of the National ...
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... served as a text of civil instruction ? I contend that the Constitution occupies an anomalous role in American cultural history . For almost two centuries it has been swathed in pride yet obscured by indifference : a fulsome rhetoric of ...
... served as a text of civil instruction ? I contend that the Constitution occupies an anomalous role in American cultural history . For almost two centuries it has been swathed in pride yet obscured by indifference : a fulsome rhetoric of ...
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... served instead as a relentless monotone for those who feared threats against pri- vate property and its guardian , the Supreme Court.44 9943 So much for a leitmotif that changed relatively little over a long period of time . In contrast ...
... served instead as a relentless monotone for those who feared threats against pri- vate property and its guardian , the Supreme Court.44 9943 So much for a leitmotif that changed relatively little over a long period of time . In contrast ...
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 |
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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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