The revolutionary constitution /
Bodenhamer, David J.
The revolutionary constitution / David J. Bodenhamer. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Previously issued in print: 2013. Index : p. [265]-281.
Includes bibliographical references.
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This study provides a comprehensive new look at America's basic law, integrating the latest legal scholarship with historical context to highlight how it has evolved over time. The Constitution, it notes, was the product of the first modern revolution, and revolutions are, by definition, moments when the past shifts toward an unfamiliar future, one radically different from what was foreseen only a brief time earlier.
9780199360444
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
346.73023 / BOD
The revolutionary constitution / David J. Bodenhamer. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Previously issued in print: 2013. Index : p. [265]-281.
Includes bibliographical references.
Available on campus and off campus with authorized login.
This study provides a comprehensive new look at America's basic law, integrating the latest legal scholarship with historical context to highlight how it has evolved over time. The Constitution, it notes, was the product of the first modern revolution, and revolutions are, by definition, moments when the past shifts toward an unfamiliar future, one radically different from what was foreseen only a brief time earlier.
9780199360444
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
346.73023 / BOD