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American's constitution: a biography

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In America’s Constitution, one of this era’s most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the world’s great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this “biography” of America’s framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it.
We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding “We the People,” was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions.) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators’ inspired genius...

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342.73 AMA a

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342.73 AMA a

Publisher

New York : Random House., 2005

Collation

xii,657p.; 24 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1-4000-6262-4

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342.73

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CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY - UNITED STATES

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