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200 14$aThe United States Constitution $eone document, many choices /$fJohn R. Vile
205   $a1st ed. 2015.
210  1$aNew York, New York :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d2015.
215   $a1 online resource (xi, 203 pages)
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300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
327   $a""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""
327   $a""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""
327   $a""Glossary""""The Constitution of the United States""; ""Index""
330   $aThis 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.
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