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Vile, John R.

The Constitutional amending process in American political thought
/ John R. Vile.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-275-94280-5 (alk. paper)

1. United States--Constitutional law--Amendments--History.
2. Political science-- United States--History. I. Title.
KF4555.V55 1992
342.73′03--dc20
[347.3023] 91-43441
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1992 by John R. Vile

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-43441
ISBN: 0-275-94280-5

First published in 1992

Praeger Publishers, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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