Explicit and Authentic Acts: Amending the US Constitution, 1776-1995 - Hardcover

Kyvig, David E.

 
9780700607921: Explicit and Authentic Acts: Amending the US Constitution, 1776-1995

Synopsis

Of the 10,000 amendments proposed by the method stipulated in Article V of the US Constitution, only 27 were ratified into law. This study re-examines the creation and operation of Article V and shows the process and substance of each main effort at changing the structure of the federal government.

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-Lucidly written and magisterial in scope, this book will be the standard work for many years to come. I strongly recommend it.---Melvin I. Urofsky, author of A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States -A lively challenge to traditional views that anyone interested in the U.S. Constitution will want to read and reflect upon.---William Leuchtenburg, author of The Supreme Court Reborn "Lucidly written and magisterial in scope, this book will be the standard work for many years to come. I strongly recommend it."--Melvin I. Urofsky, author of A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States "A lively challenge to traditional views that anyone interested in the U.S. Constitution will want to read and reflect upon."--William Leuchtenburg, author of The Supreme Court Reborn

Synopsis

Of the 10,000 amendments proposed by the method stipulated in Article V of the US Constitution, only 27 were ratified into law. This study re-examines the creation and operation of Article V and shows the process and substance of each main effort at changing the structure of the federal government.

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ISBN 10:  0700609318 ISBN 13:  9780700609314
Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 1996
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