The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy /...
The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy /...
The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.
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Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2005.
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N320.97309/ 2
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English
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p. cm.
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Pt. 1. The people's president -- Introduction : American on the brink -- 1. The original misunderstanding -- 2. John Marshall for president -- 3. Jefferson counts himself in -- 4. On the brink -- 5. What went right? -- Pt. 2. The people and the Court -- Introduction : constitutional brinksmanship --...
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Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2005.
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Massachusetts
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c2005.
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"The ink was barely dry on the constitution when it was almost destroyed by the rise of political parties in the United States. As Bruce Ackerman shows, the Framers had not anticipated the two-party system, and when Republicans battled Federalists for the presidency in 1800, the rules laid down by the Constitution exacerbated the crisis. Based on s...
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The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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c2005.
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N320.97309/ 2
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74VKmOdvMmZM
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0674018664 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674018662 (alk. paper)
0674018664 (alk. paper)
9780674018662 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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320.97309034
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991020544259702626
