ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1959
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Saul K. Padover - The Living U.S. Constitution
Mentor Book / New American Library, 1959
176 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro
MD 95

Table of Contents
PART ONE
STORY and BACKGROUND
1. The Story of the Making of the Constitution
2. Conflict over the Constitution and Some Opinions about It
3. Delegates and Signers
4. Contemporary Pen Portraits of the Delegates
a. Major Pierce`s Character Sketches
b. French Character Sketches
5. Some Comments on the Constitution
6. Chronological Table
PART TWO
TEXT OF THE CONSTITUTION
PART THREE
SOME SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AFFECTING THE CONSTITUTION
PART FOUR
INDEXED GUIDE TO THE CONSTITUTION

Here is the complete text of the Constitution, the story of its creation, sketches of its signers, Supreme Court decisions that show changes in its interpretation, plus a comprehensive index to every subject treated in the Constitution.

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.

WHAT GREAT MEN HAVE SAID ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION
decides a question between power `Every word and liberty.`
-James Madison
`... the ark of our safety.`
-Thomas Jefferson
`It ranks above every other written Constitution.`
-Lord Bryce
`There can... be no question that our Constitution has lasted because of its simplicity.`
-Woodrow Wilson
`Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form.`
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here is the complete text of the Constitution, the story of its creation, sketches of its signers, Supreme Court decisions that show changes in its interpretation, plus a comprehensive index to every subject treated in the Constitution.
SAUL K. PADOVER, one of the leading Jefferson scholars, is a specialist in government and politics. He is a lecturer, author, noted educator and former Dean of the School of Politics at the New School for Social Research. His books include: Jefferson and Thomas Jefferson on Democracy, both of which are available in Mentor editions.

Nonfiction, Law, Politics, ustav Sjedinjenih Američkih Država