We the people

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  • Bruce Ackerman.
  • Ackerman, Bruce A.
  • Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1991-<2014>
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    Davis Library (6th floor)

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    KF4541 .A8 1991 v.1
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    KF4541 .A8 1991 v.1
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    Summary

    In this, the first of three volumes, Bruce Ackerman offers a reinterpretation of the USA's constitutional experience and its promise for the future. Integrating themes from American history, political science, and philosophy, We are the People confronts the past, present and future of popular sovereignty in America.

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    Contents

    • Acknowledgments
    • Part 1 Discovering the Constitution
    • 1 Dualist Democracy
    • 2 The Bicentennial Myth
    • 3 One Constitution, Three Regimes
    • 4 The Middle Republic
    • 5 The Modern Republic
    • 6 The Possibility of Interpretation
    • Part 2 Neo-Federalism
    • 7 Publius
    • 8 The Lost Revolution
    • 9 Normal Politics
    • 10 Higher Lawnmaking
    • 11 Why Dualism?
    • Notes
    • Index
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    Other details

    Description:
    volumes <1-3> ; 24 cm
    Published:
    Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1991-<2014>
    Language:
    English
    Notes:
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN:
    0674948408
    9780674948402
    0674948475
    9780674948471
    9780674050297
    0674050290
    OCLC Number:
    23253521
    Other Identifiers:
    LCCN: 91010725

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