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Autore: | Vile J |
Titolo: | The United States Constitution [[electronic resource] ] : One Document, Many Choices / / by J. Vile |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2015. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina: | 342.7302 |
Soggetto topico: | Political science |
World politics | |
Constitutional law | |
Public law | |
Law - Philosophy | |
Law - History | |
Political Science | |
Political Theory | |
Political History | |
Constitutional Law | |
Public Law | |
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History | |
Classificazione: | LAW018000LAW039000LAW060000 |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | ""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"" | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The United States Constitution |
ISBN: | 1-349-70284-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910796566503321 |
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