Michael J. Klarman (Kirkland & Kirkland Ellis Professor of Law & E

Framers' Coup C

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Produktbeschreibung

The Framers' Coup is a a concise yet sharply argued narrative account of how the Framers persuaded the country to adopt a constitution drafted based on their preferences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 880
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 161mm x 63mm
• Gewicht: 1472g
• ISBN-13: 9780199942039
• ISBN-10: 019994203X
• Artikelnr.: 47869459

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Klarman is Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning From Jim Crow to Civil Rights (OUP).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Chapter 1: Flaws in the Articles of Confederation
* Lack of a Taxing Power
* Lack of a Commerce Power
* Failed Efforts at Amendment
* Other Flaws in the Articles
* Sectional Conflict
* Chapter 2: Economic Turmoil in the States and the Road to
Philadelphia
* Paper Money and Debtor Relief Legislation
* Shays's Rebellion
* The Annapolis Convention
* To the Philadelphia Convention
* Chapter 3: The Constitutional Convention
* Madison's Agenda
* The Virginia Plan
* Expanding the Powers of the National Government
* Establishing the Supremacy of the National Government
* The National Legislature
* Apportioning Representation in the National Legislature
* Other Features of the Senate
* The Executive Branch
* Interpreting the Convention
* Chapter 4: Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution
* Background
* How To Count Slaves in Apportioning National Political Power
* Slavery and Economic Issues
* Other Issues Involving Slavery
* Slavery and Ratification
* Chapter 5: Critics of the Constitution: The Antifederalists
* Preliminaries
* The Legitimacy of the Constitution
* Was Fundamental Reform Necessary?
* Consolidation
* The Taxing Power
* Military Powers
* The Commerce Power and the Treaty-Making Power
* Other Congressional Powers
* The Federal Judiciary
* The House of Representatives
* The Senate
* The President
* Checks and Balances
* Article I, Section 10
* Actual Motivations
* Chapter 6: The Ratifying Contest
* The Nature of the Debate
* The Federalists' Advantages in the Ratifying Contest
* First Steps Toward Ratification
* Running Into Snags in New England
* Maryland and South Carolina
* Virginia
* New York
* North Carolina and Rhode Island
* The Federalists' Great Fears: Conditional Ratification and a Second
Convention
* Interpreting Ratification
* Chapter 7: The Bill of Rights
* The Arguments Pro and Con
* Madison's Election to Congress
* Madison and the Bill of Rights in Congress
* Madison's Amendments
* Interpreting the Enactment of the Bill of Rights
* Chapter 8: Conclusion
* Contingency
* Interests
* Hostility Toward Democracy
* Ratification as Ordinary Politics
* Excluding Intermediate Alternatives
* The Decline of Legitimacy Objections
* How the Constitution Did and Did Not Adapt to Democracy
* From the Perspective of Today