Principles of the Constitutional Order - Softcover

Utley, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819171891 ISBN 13: 9780819171894

Publisher: University Press of America, 1989

Synopsis

The essays in this volume consider the writings of those who drafted the Constitution, as well as the arguments pro and con presented during the ratification debates. The first of these essays examine the founding principles from historical, political and philosophical perspectives. The second group outlines the main Anti-Federalist arguments. A discussion of the nature and implications of the doctrine of separated powers follows and the volume closes with psycho-historical portraits of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The volume focuses attention on the Founding period so that the original character and principles of our political order may be seen clearly, in spite of the glory and veneration with which age and custom have draped our constitution.

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I...recommend these books to students, scholars, and concerned citizens. The Tocqueville Forum is to be commended for helping to make the results of its deliberations available to the reading public. * Sanford Kessler In The Winston-Salem Journal * ...a diverse collection of nine insightful essays and is predominantly the work of political scientists....As the nation celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, this collection provides new perspectives on that important document. * North Carolina Historical Review * This is probably the best collection of essays on the Constitution to come out of the Bicentennial celebration. -- Edward J. Erler, California State University, San Bernardino * North Carolina Historical Review * The book would be most useful in courses on American political theory. Historians would...find it a stimulating, useful introduction to the direction political theorists in their sister discipline have taken on a major topic of mutual interest. * Journal of American History * The book would be most useful in courses on American political theory. Historians would...find it a stimulating, useful introduction to the direction political theorists in their sister discipline have taken on a major topic of mutual interest. * Journal of American History * I...recommend these books to students, scholars, and concerned citizens. The Tocqueville Forum is to be commended for helping to make the results of its deliberations available to the reading public. * Sanford Kessler In The Winston-Salem Journal * ...a diverse collection of nine insightful essays and is predominantly the work of political scientists....As the nation celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, this collection provides new perspectives on that important document. * North Carolina Historical Review * This is probably the best collection of essays on the Constitution to come out of the Bicentennial celebration. -- Edward J. Erler, California State University, San Bernardino * North Carolina Historical Review *

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819171891
• ISBN 13: 9780819171894
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198