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Word Cloud Classics eBook Series

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  • The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings

    by Founding Fathers ...
    Series series Word Cloud Classics
    “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . . ” — The U.S ConstitutionThe U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings is part of the Word Cloud Classics series and a collection of the crucial documents that established the United States. In addition to the Constitution, readers can study supplementary texts like the Declaration of Independence, the Articles ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Making Our Democracy Work

    A Judge's View

    by Stephen Breyer ...
    The Supreme Court is one of the most extraordinary institutions in our system of government. Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Court have the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court’s decisions as legitimate and follow them, even when those decisions are highly ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Plain, Honest Men

    The Making of the American Constitution

    by Richard Beeman ...
    In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues in dispute—the extent of presidential power, the nature of federalism, and, most explosive of all, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Framers' Coup

    The Making of the United States Constitution

    by Michael J. Klarman ...
    Americans revere their Constitution. However, most of us are unaware how tumultuous and improbable the drafting and ratification processes were. As Benjamin Franklin keenly observed, any assembly of men bring with them "all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views." One need not deny that the Framers had good intentions in order to ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution

    Edited by Richard Beeman ...
    Series series Penguin Civic Classics
    What is the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court really allowed to do? This unique and handy guide includes the documents that guide our government, annotated with accessible explanations from one of America's most esteemed constitutional scholars.In one portable volume, with accessible annotations and modernizing commentary throughout, Richard Beeman presents The Declaration of Independence ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

  • Constitutional Fate

    Theory of the Constitution

    by Philip Bobbitt ...
    Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day. ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification Vol. 2 (LOA #63)

    by Various ...
    Series Book 2 - Library of America Debate on Constitution Collection
    Here, on a scale unmatched by any previous collection, is the extraordinary energy and eloquence of our first national political campaign: During the secret proceedings of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the framers created a fundamentally new national plan to replace the Articles of Confederation and then submitted it to conventions in each state for ratification. Immediately, a fierce ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • More Essential than Ever

    The Fourth Amendment in the Twenty First Century

    by Stephen J. Schulhofer ...
    Series series Inalienable Rights
    When the states ratified the Bill of Rights in the eighteenth century, the Fourth Amendment seemed straightforward. It requires that government respect the right of citizens to be "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures." Of course, "papers and effects" are now digital and thus more vulnerable to government spying. But the biggest threat ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The Truth About Gun Control

    by David B Kopel ...
    Who is sovereign in the United States? Is it the people themselves, or is it an elite determined to rule citizens who are seen as incapable of making choices about their own lives? This is the central question in the American gun-control debate.In this Broadside, David Kopel explains why the right to keep and bear arms has always been central to the American identity and why Americans have always ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification Vol. 1 (LOA #62)

    September 1787-February 1788

    by Various ...
    Series Book 1 - Library of America Debate on Constitution Collection
    Here, on a scale unmatched by any previous collection, is the extraordinary energy and eloquence of our first national political campaign: During the secret proceedings of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the framers created a fundamentally new national plan to replace the Articles of Confederation and then submitted it to conventions in each state for ratification. Immediately, a fierce ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Forgotten Presidents

    Their Untold Constitutional Legacy

    by Michael J. Gerhardt ...
    Their names linger in memory mainly as punch lines, synonyms for obscurity: Millard Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Calvin Coolidge. They conjure up not the White House so much as a decaying middle school somewhere in New Jersey. But many forgotten presidents, writes Michael J. Gerhardt, were not weak or ineffective. They boldly fought battles over constitutional principles that resonate today. Gerhardt ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The Fragility of Law

    Constitutional Patriotism and the Jews of Belgium, 1940–1945

    by David Fraser ...
    The Fragility of Law examines the ways in which, during the Second World War, the Belgian government and judicial structure became implicated in the identification, exclusion and killing of its Jewish residents, and in the theft - through Aryanization - of Jewish property.David Fraser demonstrates how a series of political and legal compromises meant that the infrastructure for antisemitic ... Read more

    $62.99 USD