America's jeffersonian experiment: remaking state constitutions, 1820–1850
Auteur :
Scalia, Laura
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780875802442
Date de publication :
1 avr. 1999
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
907 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Exploring the wider implications about the nature of liberalism, the author of this book aims to show how state constitutions not only remade the states but also expressed careful deliberation about citizenship, popular sovereignty, individual rights and America's political identity.