Author: Paul Engel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Studies show that 30%-40% of Americans cannot name a single freedom protected by the First Amendment. How many of the five can you name? Have you read the Constitution?"The Constitution Study is one of my most highly recommended Constitutional Education sources available." - Jessie Rude, Executive, Constitutional Grass Roots MovementIt doesn't take a law degree to understand the supreme law of the land. Most people can read the Constitution in about 20 minutes. And if you're worried about the language being difficult, this book can help."Paul's expansive knowledge of the U.S. Constitution is invaluable to anyone looking for insightful information about our Nation's founding documents." - Winston Wang, Administrator, The Bipartisan PressWhether you're a long time history buff, or just starting out, this book can help you read and study the Constitution. It was created to protect your rights.
The Constitution Study
Author: Paul Engel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Studies show that 30%-40% of Americans cannot name a single freedom protected by the First Amendment. How many of the five can you name? Have you read the Constitution?"The Constitution Study is one of my most highly recommended Constitutional Education sources available." - Jessie Rude, Executive, Constitutional Grass Roots MovementIt doesn't take a law degree to understand the supreme law of the land. Most people can read the Constitution in about 20 minutes. And if you're worried about the language being difficult, this book can help."Paul's expansive knowledge of the U.S. Constitution is invaluable to anyone looking for insightful information about our Nation's founding documents." - Winston Wang, Administrator, The Bipartisan PressWhether you're a long time history buff, or just starting out, this book can help you read and study the Constitution. It was created to protect your rights.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Studies show that 30%-40% of Americans cannot name a single freedom protected by the First Amendment. How many of the five can you name? Have you read the Constitution?"The Constitution Study is one of my most highly recommended Constitutional Education sources available." - Jessie Rude, Executive, Constitutional Grass Roots MovementIt doesn't take a law degree to understand the supreme law of the land. Most people can read the Constitution in about 20 minutes. And if you're worried about the language being difficult, this book can help."Paul's expansive knowledge of the U.S. Constitution is invaluable to anyone looking for insightful information about our Nation's founding documents." - Winston Wang, Administrator, The Bipartisan PressWhether you're a long time history buff, or just starting out, this book can help you read and study the Constitution. It was created to protect your rights.
The Five Thousand Year Leap
Author: W. Cleon Skousen
Publisher: Verity Publishing
ISBN: 0934364656
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America created the first free people in modern times. They wrote a new kind of Constitution which is now the oldest in existence. They built a new kind of commonwealth designed as a model for the whole human race. They believed it was thoroughly possible to create a new kind of civilization; giving freedom, equality, and justice to all. The Founders created a new cultural climate that gave wings to the human spirit. They built a free-enterprise culture to encourage industry and prosperity. They gave humanity the needed ingredients for a gigantic 5,000-year leap in which more progress has been made in the past 200 years than all of prior recorded human history. All of this came about because of 28 basic principles the Founders discovered, upon which all free nations must be built in order to succeed. This eBook includes the original index, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format, and also new illustrations.
Publisher: Verity Publishing
ISBN: 0934364656
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America created the first free people in modern times. They wrote a new kind of Constitution which is now the oldest in existence. They built a new kind of commonwealth designed as a model for the whole human race. They believed it was thoroughly possible to create a new kind of civilization; giving freedom, equality, and justice to all. The Founders created a new cultural climate that gave wings to the human spirit. They built a free-enterprise culture to encourage industry and prosperity. They gave humanity the needed ingredients for a gigantic 5,000-year leap in which more progress has been made in the past 200 years than all of prior recorded human history. All of this came about because of 28 basic principles the Founders discovered, upon which all free nations must be built in order to succeed. This eBook includes the original index, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format, and also new illustrations.
An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution
Author: A.V. Dicey
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 134917968X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
A starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law, The Law of the Constitution elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the legislative sovereignty of Parliament, the rule of law, and the binding force of unwritten conventions.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 134917968X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
A starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law, The Law of the Constitution elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the legislative sovereignty of Parliament, the rule of law, and the binding force of unwritten conventions.
What Is the Constitution?
Author: Patricia Brennan Demuth
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524786098
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the United States Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524786098
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the United States Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen.
Understanding the U.S. Constitution, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Stange
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580378285
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Understanding the U.S. Constitution! This 114-page book includes text, questions, activities, and trial tests that explore the three branches of government, the Articles, and the Amendments. The book also includes a Constitution test and answer keys.
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580378285
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Understanding the U.S. Constitution! This 114-page book includes text, questions, activities, and trial tests that explore the three branches of government, the Articles, and the Amendments. The book also includes a Constitution test and answer keys.
World War I and the American Constitution
Author: William G. Ross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110709464X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
"This book will explore the political, economic, and social forces that generated such rapid changes in traditional understandings of the constitutional relationships between the federal and state governments and their citizens"--
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110709464X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
"This book will explore the political, economic, and social forces that generated such rapid changes in traditional understandings of the constitutional relationships between the federal and state governments and their citizens"--
The Making of America
Author: W. Cleon Skousen
Publisher: Verity Publishing
ISBN: 0934364664
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
Book Description
The United States of America has been blessed with the world’s greatest political success formula. In a little over a century, this formula allowed a small segment of the human family—less than 6 percent—to become the richest nation on earth. It allowed them to create more than half of the world’s total output in production and enjoy the highest standard of living in the history of the world. In this book, we learn how the Founding Fathers discovered this success formula. Much of this discovery is told in the words of the Founders themselves, so that the reader can feel the power of their minds sweeping away thousands of years of bad government and illogical laws to formulate a whole new society based on human freedom. By returning to the roots of the Founders’ thinking, and contemplating the logic that they used in establishing the Constitution, we can better understand the challenges and solutions that confront us in today’s political world. This eBook includes the original index, illustrations, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format.
Publisher: Verity Publishing
ISBN: 0934364664
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1304
Book Description
The United States of America has been blessed with the world’s greatest political success formula. In a little over a century, this formula allowed a small segment of the human family—less than 6 percent—to become the richest nation on earth. It allowed them to create more than half of the world’s total output in production and enjoy the highest standard of living in the history of the world. In this book, we learn how the Founding Fathers discovered this success formula. Much of this discovery is told in the words of the Founders themselves, so that the reader can feel the power of their minds sweeping away thousands of years of bad government and illogical laws to formulate a whole new society based on human freedom. By returning to the roots of the Founders’ thinking, and contemplating the logic that they used in establishing the Constitution, we can better understand the challenges and solutions that confront us in today’s political world. This eBook includes the original index, illustrations, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format.
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
Author: David F. Forte
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621573524
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A landmark work of more than one hundred scholars, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is a unique line-by-line analysis explaining every clause of America's founding charter and its contemporary meaning. In this fully revised second edition, leading scholars in law, history, and public policy offer more than two hundred updated and incisive essays on every clause of the Constitution. From the stirring words of the Preamble to the Twenty-seventh Amendment, you will gain new insights into the ideas that made America, important debates that continue from our Founding, and the Constitution's true meaning for our nation
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621573524
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A landmark work of more than one hundred scholars, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is a unique line-by-line analysis explaining every clause of America's founding charter and its contemporary meaning. In this fully revised second edition, leading scholars in law, history, and public policy offer more than two hundred updated and incisive essays on every clause of the Constitution. From the stirring words of the Preamble to the Twenty-seventh Amendment, you will gain new insights into the ideas that made America, important debates that continue from our Founding, and the Constitution's true meaning for our nation
The Living U.S. Constitution
Author: Saul K. Padover
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452011477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
This invaluable book updated the study of constitutional law with the addition of twenty contemporary Supreme Court cases dealing with such controversial topics as the legislative veto, stop-and-frisk, “set asides” to benefit minorities, and hate speech. Beginning with the story of the forming of the Constitution, it includes illuminating character sketches of the delegates written by their contemporaries, as well as the complete text of the Constitution itself. The Supreme Court decisions that the author cites were selected for their variety and complexity, and because they shed light on the problems that arise under the rule of the Constitution and the interpretations of that rule. This third edition was prepared by Jacob W. Landynski, an expert on constitutional law and a longtime colleague at the New School for Social Research of the original author, the outstanding historian and political scientist Saul K. Padover. Besides adding twenty additional cases, Professor Landynski re-edited the existing cases and rewrote the case introductions throughout in order to make the book as informative and concise as possible. The result is a unique and important contribution toward understanding the document upon which our nation is founded.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452011477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
This invaluable book updated the study of constitutional law with the addition of twenty contemporary Supreme Court cases dealing with such controversial topics as the legislative veto, stop-and-frisk, “set asides” to benefit minorities, and hate speech. Beginning with the story of the forming of the Constitution, it includes illuminating character sketches of the delegates written by their contemporaries, as well as the complete text of the Constitution itself. The Supreme Court decisions that the author cites were selected for their variety and complexity, and because they shed light on the problems that arise under the rule of the Constitution and the interpretations of that rule. This third edition was prepared by Jacob W. Landynski, an expert on constitutional law and a longtime colleague at the New School for Social Research of the original author, the outstanding historian and political scientist Saul K. Padover. Besides adding twenty additional cases, Professor Landynski re-edited the existing cases and rewrote the case introductions throughout in order to make the book as informative and concise as possible. The result is a unique and important contribution toward understanding the document upon which our nation is founded.
Constitutional Construction
Author: Keith E. Whittington
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674045157
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This book argues that the Constitution has a dual nature. The first aspect, on which legal scholars have focused, is the degree to which the Constitution acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and externally enforced by the courts against government actors. This is the process of constitutional interpretation. But according to Keith Whittington, the Constitution also permeates politics itself, to guide and constrain political actors in the very process of making public policy. In so doing, it is also dependent on political actors, both to formulate authoritative constitutional requirements and to enforce those fundamental settlements in the future. Whittington characterizes this process, by which constitutional meaning is shaped within politics at the same time that politics is shaped by the Constitution, as one of construction as opposed to interpretation. Whittington goes on to argue that ambiguities in the constitutional text and changes in the political situation push political actors to construct their own constitutional understanding. The construction of constitutional meaning is a necessary part of the political process and a regular part of our nation's history, how a democracy lives with a written constitution. The Constitution both binds and empowers government officials. Whittington develops his argument through intensive analysis of four important cases: the impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson, the nullification crisis, and reforms of presidential-congressional relations during the Nixon presidency.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674045157
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This book argues that the Constitution has a dual nature. The first aspect, on which legal scholars have focused, is the degree to which the Constitution acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and externally enforced by the courts against government actors. This is the process of constitutional interpretation. But according to Keith Whittington, the Constitution also permeates politics itself, to guide and constrain political actors in the very process of making public policy. In so doing, it is also dependent on political actors, both to formulate authoritative constitutional requirements and to enforce those fundamental settlements in the future. Whittington characterizes this process, by which constitutional meaning is shaped within politics at the same time that politics is shaped by the Constitution, as one of construction as opposed to interpretation. Whittington goes on to argue that ambiguities in the constitutional text and changes in the political situation push political actors to construct their own constitutional understanding. The construction of constitutional meaning is a necessary part of the political process and a regular part of our nation's history, how a democracy lives with a written constitution. The Constitution both binds and empowers government officials. Whittington develops his argument through intensive analysis of four important cases: the impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson, the nullification crisis, and reforms of presidential-congressional relations during the Nixon presidency.