The United States Constitution : one document, many choices / / John R. Vile
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| Autore: |
Vile J
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| Titolo: |
The United States Constitution : one document, many choices / / John R. Vile
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 342.7302 |
| Soggetto topico: | Constitutional history - United States |
| 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.: | 9910810998703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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