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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Constitution
    sub title: an introduction
  name:
    name part: Paulsen, Michael Stokes
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Paulsen, Luke
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  abstract: "In The Constitution, constitutional scholar Michael Stokes Paulsen and his son Luke provide a clear, accessible introduction to the history and meaning of this historic document. Beginning with the Constitution's birth in 1787, Paulsen and Paulsen offer a grand tour of its history and interpretations, introducing readers to the characters and controversies that have shaped this founding instrument in the 200-plus years since its creation. In order to properly judge contemporary readings of the Constitution, Paulsen and Paulsen argue, it is first necessary to understand the origins--and original meaning--of the document's articles and amendments. The Constitution itself has evolved into a more perfect document since its inception, they show, through the addition of amendments abolishing slavery, establishing civil rights, and broadening the right to vote. Yet the officials charged with interpreting the Constitution have often stretched its meaning far beyond its intended boundaries, substituting their own judgments for those of the Constitution's framers and reformers. In order to stay true to this essential American document, the authors argue, it is imperative that we, the people, know the meaning and history of each of the Constitution's components and allow ourselves to be guided by the intentions of its authors--not the opinions and whims of the judges charged with interpreting it. A lucid history of and guide to this foundational American document, The Constitution provides readers with the tools to think critically and independently about constitutional issues--a skill that is ever more essential to the continued flourishing of American democracy"--
  table of contents: Upheaval : The Revolutionary Creation of the U.S. Constitution -- Superstructure : The Framers' Grand Design -- Powers : The Sweeping Powers of Congress, the President, and the Courts -- Slavery : The Constitution's Collusion with Evil -- Freedoms : The Enactment and Meaning of the Bill of Rights -- Infancy : Defining Controversies in the Constitution's Early Years (1790-1860) -- Crisis : Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction (1860-1876) -- Betrayal : The Supreme Court's Abandonment of the Constitution (1876-1936) -- Restoration : The Constitution through Depression, World War, and Segregation (1936-1960) -- Controversy : The Modern Era of Judicial Activism (1960-2015) -- Coda: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century.
  note: Michael Stokes Paulsen and Luke Paulsen.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Constitutional history
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: LAW
    topic: Constitutional
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE
    topic: Constitutions
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE
    topic: History & Theory
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY
    geographic: United States
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Constitutional history
  subject:
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Statuts
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Statuts
    topic: Histoire
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    geographic: United States
  classification: KF4541 .P386 2015
  classification: 342.7302/9
  classification: LAW018000 POL022000 POL010000 HIS036000
  identifier: 9780465053728
  identifier: 0465053726
  identifier: 9780465053711
  identifier: 2014041943
  identifier: Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 150120
    record change date: 20210728151013.0
    record identifier: in00004414655
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng