02939oam 2200469 450 991081099870332120190911100040.01-349-70284-610.1057/9781137513502(OCoLC)910322246(MiFhGG)GVRL029F(EXLCZ)99388000000000374020150316d2015 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrThe United States Constitution one document, many choices /John R. Vile1st ed. 2015.New York, New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2015.1 online resource (xi, 203 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-137-51349-7 1-137-51350-0 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter One Institutional Choices and the Preamble: It?s a Real-World Document, Not a Utopian Blueprint""; ""Chapter Two The Legislative Branch: It?s a Congress, Not a Parliament""; ""Chapter Three The Executive Branch: It?s Headed by an Accountable Elected Official, Not a King or a Dictator""; ""Chapter Four The Judicial Branch: It?s a Group of Lawyers, Not Platonic Guardians""; ""Chapter Five The Nation and the States: The Arrangement Is Federal, Not Confederal or Unitary""""Chapter Six The Constitutional Amending Process: It?s Difficult because It?s Designed to Preserve the Constitution as Fundamental Law""""Chapter Seven The Bill of Rights and Freedom of Belief and Expression: They Provide for Liberty, Not License""; ""Chapter Eight The Bill of Rights, the Right to Security, and the Rights of the Accused and the Convicted: They Protect the Guilty in Order to Protect the Innocent""; ""Chapter Nine Equality and the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments: It?s an Equality of Opportunity, Not a Guarantee of Equal Rights""; ""Postscript: A Time for Reflection""""Glossary""""The Constitution of the United States""; ""Index""This book examines the U.S. Constitution by focusing on its origins in Western political thought and its organization and subsequent amendments. It describes the document as a series of choices among alternative governmental institutions that are designed to provide national security and secure ordered liberty.Constitutional historyUnited StatesConstitutional history342.7302LAW018000LAW039000LAW060000bisacshVile Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1706745MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910810998703321The United States Constitution4094429UNINA