The United States Constitution : one document, many choices /: one document, many choices. (2015)
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- Book
- Title:
- The United States Constitution : one document, many choices /: one document, many choices. (2015)
- Main Title:
- The United States Constitution : one document, many choices
- Further Information:
- Note: John R. Vile.
- Authors:
- Vile, John R
- Contents:
- 1. Institutional Choices and the Preamble: The Constitution is a Real-world Document, Not a Utopian Blueprint 2. The Legislative Branch: It's a Congress, Not a Parliament 3. The Executive Branch: It's Headed by an Accountable Elected Official, Not a King or a Dictator 4. The Judicial Branch: It's a Group of Lawyers, Not a Bevy of Platonic Guardians 5. The Nation and the States: The Government is Federal, Not Confederal or Unitary 6. The Constitutional Amending Process: It's Difficult Because It Is Designed to Preserve the Constitution as Fundamental Law 7. The Bill of Rights and Freedom of Belief and Expression: They Provide for Liberty, Not License 8. The Bill of Rights, the Right to Security, and the Rights of the Accused and the Convicted: They Preserve the Rights of the Guilty in Order to Protect the Innocent 9. Equality and the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments: It's an Equality of Opportunity, Not a Guarantee of Equal Results 10. Postscript: A Time for Reflection 11. Glossary 12. The Constitution of the United States and Its Amendments.
- Edition:
- 2015
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 342.7302
Constitutional law -- United States
Constitutional law -- United States -- History
United States -- Politics and government - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137513502
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781137513496
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