The Genius of America: How the Constitution Saved Our Country--and Why It Can Again - Hardcover

Lane, Eric; Oreskes, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1596911999 ISBN 13: 9781596911994

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2007

Synopsis

Takes a close-up look at the document that has made the United States of America the world's longest-surviving democracy and warns that the constitutional process is at risk, tracing the history of the Constitution and how it came into being, how it has weathered past crises, and how it effectively helps us govern our nation.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Lane is a professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law and the author of several texts on government, and has served as director of the New York State Commission on Constitutional Revision, on the New York City Charter Revision Commission, and as counsel to the New York State Democrats. Michael Oreskes is the executive editor of theInternational Herald Tribune. He has served as deputy managing editor, Washington bureau chief, and metropolitan editor of theNew York Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1596911999
• ISBN 13: 9781596911994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296