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Autore |
Ackerman Bruce A |
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The failure of the founding fathers [[electronic resource] ] : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / / Bruce Ackerman |
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Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States - History |
Constitutional history - United States |
Federal government - United States - History |
Separation of powers - United States - History |
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United States Politics and government 1801-1809 |
United States Politics and government 1797-1801 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2005. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-366) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE: The People's President -- Introduction: America on the Brink -- 1. The Original Misunderstanding -- 2. John Marshall for President -- 3. Jefferson Counts Himself In -- 4. On the Brink -- 5. What Went Right? -- PART TWO: The People and the Court -- Introduction: Constitutional Brinksmanship -- 6. Federalist Counterattack -- 7. Republican Triumph -- 8. Marbury v. Stuart -- 9. Presidential Purge -- 10. Synthesis -- 11. Reverberations -- DOCUMENTS: Horatius's Presidential Knot Judge Bassett's Protest -- Horatius's Presidential Knot -- Judge Bassett's Protest -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understanding of the early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major impact on American history: the plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court that struggles to put the presidency's claims of a popular mandate into constitutional perspective. Through close studies of two Supreme Court cases, |
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