The Court and the ConstitutionAmerica's foremost professor of constitutional law celebrates the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution in a history of its interpretation, reviewing its evolution from framing to the present. |
Contents
Prologue I | 1 |
PART ONE Building a Nation | 29 |
Miracle at Philadelphia | 31 |
Copyright | |
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