Original meanings : politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution /
Rakove, Jack N., -1947
Original meanings : politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution / Jack N. Rakove. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997, c1996. - xvi, 439 p. 25 cm.
This is a Borzoi book.--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-420) and index.
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans. www.alibris.com
394578589
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional law--United States
KF 4541 / .R137 1997
Original meanings : politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution / Jack N. Rakove. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997, c1996. - xvi, 439 p. 25 cm.
This is a Borzoi book.--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-420) and index.
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans. www.alibris.com
394578589
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional law--United States
KF 4541 / .R137 1997
