A community built on words [electronic resource] : the constitution in history and politics /
Powell, Jefferson, 1954-
A community built on words the constitution in history and politics / [electronic resource] : H. Jefferson Powell. - Chicago, [Ill.] : University of Chicago Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (x, 251 p.)
Includes index.
Combining history and theory, Powell analyzes a series of constitutional controversies from 1790 to 1944 to demonstrate that constitutional law from its very beginning has involved politically charged and ideologically divisive arguments. Nowhere in America's past can one find the golden age of apolitical constitutional thinking that a great deal of contemporary scholarship seeks or presupposes. Viewed over time, American constitutional law is a history of political dispute couched in constitutional terms.
Specialized.
9780226677224 No price
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional history--United States.
Law.
United States of America, USA.
18th century, c 1700 to c 1799.
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899.
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
History: specific events & topics.
United States--Politics and government.
KF4550 / .P66 2002
342.7302
A community built on words the constitution in history and politics / [electronic resource] : H. Jefferson Powell. - Chicago, [Ill.] : University of Chicago Press, 2002. - 1 online resource (x, 251 p.)
Includes index.
Combining history and theory, Powell analyzes a series of constitutional controversies from 1790 to 1944 to demonstrate that constitutional law from its very beginning has involved politically charged and ideologically divisive arguments. Nowhere in America's past can one find the golden age of apolitical constitutional thinking that a great deal of contemporary scholarship seeks or presupposes. Viewed over time, American constitutional law is a history of political dispute couched in constitutional terms.
Specialized.
9780226677224 No price
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional history--United States.
Law.
United States of America, USA.
18th century, c 1700 to c 1799.
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899.
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
History: specific events & topics.
United States--Politics and government.
KF4550 / .P66 2002
342.7302