Constitutionalism And American Culture
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Constitutionalism and American Culture
Author | : Sandra F. VanBurkleo,Kermit Hall,Kermit L. Hall,Robert J. Kaczorowski |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015054242683 |
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Cultural history and themendment : New York Times v. Sullivan and its times / Kermit L. Hall -- New directions in American constitutional history -- Words as hard as cannon-balls : women's rights agitation -- And liberty of speech in nineteenth-century America / Sandra F. VanBurkleo -- Race, state, market, and civil society in constitutional history / Mark Tushnet -- Constitutional history and the "cultural turn" : cross -- Examining the legal-reelist narratives of Henry Fonda / Norman L. Rosenberg -- Contributors
A Machine That Would Go of Itself
Author | : Russell Fraser |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2017-07-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781351534932 |
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In this volume, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U.S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life, from ratification in 1788 to our own time. As he examines what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions, uses and abuses, knowledge and ignorance), Kammen shows that although there are recurrent declarations of reverence most of us neither know nor fully understand our Constitution. How did this gap between ideal and reality come about? To explain it, Kammen examines the complex and contradictory feelings about the Constitution that emerged during its preparation and that have been with us ever since. He begins with our confusion as to the kind of Union we created, especially with regard to how much sovereignty the states actually surrendered to the central government. This confusion is the source of the constitutional crisis that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Kammen also describes and analyzes changing perceptions of the differences and similarities between the British and American constitutions; turn-of-the-century debates about states' rights versus national authority; and disagreements about how easy or difficult it ought to be to amend the Constitution. Moving into the twentieth century, he notes the development of a "cult of the Constitution" following World War I, and the conflict over policy issues that persisted despite a shared commitment to the Constitution.
Sovereignty and Liberty
Author | : Michael G. Kammen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : UOM:49015000639881 |
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Political Culture and Constitutionalism A Comparative Approach
Author | : Daniel P. Franklin,Michael J. Baun |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2016-09-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781315483238 |
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This work is a cross-national examination of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism. The countries studied include Nigeria, Turkey and Japan. Questions explored include whether constitutions must evolve and whether constitutionalism is only a western concept.
A Machine That Would Go of Itself
Author | : Michael G. Kammen |
Publsiher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 582 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781412805834 |
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Puliter Prie-winning historian Michael Kammen examines the cultural impact of the Constitution on the United States, explores the Constitutions place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life from ratification in 1788 to our own time, and expounds on what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions, uses and abuses, knowledge and ignorance), Kammen shows that although there are recurrent declarations of reverence for our American "Ark of the Covenant," most of us neither know nor fully understand our Constitution.
A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism
Author | : Mark A. Graber |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2015-03-06 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780190245238 |
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A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions. Mark A. Graber both explores and offers original answers to such central questions as: What is a Constitution, ? What are fundamental constitutional purposes? How are constitutions interpreted? How is constitutional authority allocated? How to constitutions change? How is the Constitution of the United States influenced by international and comparative law? and, most important, How does the Constitution work? Relying on an historical/institutional perspective, the book illustrates how American constitutionalism is a distinct form of politics, rather than a means from separating politics from law. Constitutions work far more by constructing and constituting politics than by compelling people to do what they would otherwise do. People debate the proper meaning of the first amendment, but these debates are influenced by the rule that all states are equally represented in the Senate and a political culture that in which political dissenters do not fear for their lives. More than any other work on the market, A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism highlights and expands on what a generation for law professors, political scientists and historians have said about the American constitutionalism regime. As such, this is the first truly interdisciplinary study of constitutional politics in the United States.
Constitutionalism in the Americas
Author | : Colin Crawford,Daniel Bonilla Maldonado |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781788113335 |
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Constitutionalism in the Americas unites the work of leading scholars of constitutional law, comparative law and Latin American and U.S. constitutional law to provide a critical and provocative look at the state of constitutional law across the Americas today. The diverse chapters employ a variety of methodologies – empirical, historical, philosophical and textual analysis – in the effort to provide a comprehensive look at a generation of constitutional change across two continents.
The Transatlantic Constitution
Author | : Mary Sarah Bilder |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2008-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674020944 |
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Departing from traditional approaches to colonial legal history, Mary Sarah Bilder argues that American law and legal culture developed within the framework of an evolving, unwritten transatlantic constitution that lawyers, legislators, and litigants on both sides of the Atlantic understood. The central tenet of this constitution—that colonial laws and customs could not be repugnant to the laws of England but could diverge for local circumstances—shaped the legal development of the colonial world. Focusing on practices rather than doctrines, Bilder describes how the pragmatic and flexible conversation about this constitution shaped colonial law: the development of the legal profession; the place of English law in the colonies; the existence of equity courts and legislative equitable relief; property rights for women and inheritance laws; commercial law and currency reform; and laws governing religious establishment. Using as a case study the corporate colony of Rhode Island, which had the largest number of appeals of any mainland colony to the English Privy Council, she reconstructs a largely unknown world of pre-Constitutional legal culture.