From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constutition

ISBN-13: 9780844740133 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 250 str.

Robert A. Goldwin

Opis

This study of the American Bill of Rights reflects on the first principles of republican government and reveals the origins, ironies and meanings of the first ten Amendments. The author perceives the Bill of Rights as a tribute to James Madison's grasp of the imperatives of constitution making.