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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
A Yale Law School professor offers a thought-provoking analysis of the history and tenets of the U.S. Constitution, detailing the original intent of the creators of the document, answering questions about the text, and critically assessing the evolution of the Bill of Rights and all other amendments. In America's Constitution, one of this era's most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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"Constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar tells the story of America's constitutional conversation during its first eighty years--from the Constitution's birth in 1760 through the 1830s, when the last of America's early leaders died. Amar traces the threads of Constitutional discourse, uniting history and law in a narrative that seeks both to reveal this history anew and to make clear who was right and who was wrong on the biggest legal issues confronting...
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"In The Constitution, constitutional scholar Michael Stokes Paulsen and his son Luke provide a clear, accessible introduction to the history and meaning of this historic document. Beginning with the Constitution's birth in 1787, Paulsen and Paulsen offer a grand tour of its history and interpretations, introducing readers to the characters and controversies that have shaped this founding instrument in the 200-plus years since its creation. In order...
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Publisher
Equity
Pub. Date
c1988
Description
"God Save the People" : A New Hampshire History was developed for the New Hampshire Constitution Bicentennial Education Commission in acordance with RSA 189:11 which states that "regualr course of instruction in the history, government and Constitutions of the United States and New Hampshire" shall be given in all public schools of the State.
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Publisher
Carol Pub. Group
Pub. Date
1996
Description
"This book provides both the essential historical context and important definitions of the language used at the time they were written, so that you can read straight through the original text and gain confidence in your own understanding of the powerful and exciting agreements written to guarantee your freedom. The Constitution is a framework for cooperation. When everyone knows it you'll have millions of people helping to protect your rights in a...
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"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The Quartet is the story of this second American founding and of the men responsible-- some familiar, such as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison, and some less so,...
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Published for the New Hampshire Bicentennial Commission on the United States Constitution and the New Hampshire Humanities Council by Peter E. Randall, Publisher
Pub. Date
1989.
Description
This volume records New Hampshire's observance of the 200th anniversary of the Federal Constitution. Without repeating historical information in New Hampshire and the Federal Constitution, it utilizes material uncovered by recent research to reveal heretofore unrealized influences on the delegates at the local level as well as at the conventions in Exeter and Concord in 1788. New conclusions are drawn which will help to better understand not only...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles--even its language--can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange charter and how did it gain such legendary status? Historian Dan Jones takes us back to the turbulent year of 1215, when, beset by foreign crises and cornered by a growing domestic rebellion, King john reluctantly agreed to fix his seal to a...
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Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press are three of the core American values outlined in the Constitution. Constitutional Rights explains these and other rights contained in one of America's key founding documents."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Explore the history, the various clauses, amendments, and interpretations. Understand your rights (and responsibilities)! From the Constitutional Convention to the creation of the Constitution and its eventual ratification, and to the Bill of Rights and the thorny constitutional issues of today, The Constitution Explained: A Guide for Every American covers the history, our founding fathers’ goals, and the varied interpretations of the Constitution...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights. At a time of renewed debate over guns in America, what does the Second Amendment mean? This book looks at history to provide some surprising, illuminating answers. The Amendment was written to calm public fear that the new national government would crush the state militias...
