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Books on: history of the constitution

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History of the Formation of the Union under the Constitution, with Liberty Documents and Report of the Commission

Book by Sol Bloom; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1941

Subjects:

Constitutional History--United States, United States--Constitution, United States--Politics And Government

Collections: History, Entire Library

...have sought to read into the Constitution language which the framers refused to write into the Constitution. No one cherishes more deeply...centuries of Anglo-American history. But the Constitution guarantees liberty, not license...
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The History and Development of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Book by Nelson B. Lasson; Johns Hopkins Press, 1937

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Searches And Seizures--United States, United States--Constitution--4th Amendment

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...convention was called and the Constitution adopted. North Carolina thus...increased tremendously. As history has shown, it was indeed...may be found in Documentary History of the Constitution , II...Maryland. See Documentary History of the Constitution , II...
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A History of Modern Political Constitutions

Book by C. F. Strong; Capricorn Books, 1963

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Constitutional History, Constitutional Law

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...Democracy: a Comparison of the Constitutions of the North Atlantic Treaty...R. G.: The British Constitution . Allen and Unwin, 3rd...HAWGOOD, J. A.: Modern Constitutions since 1787 . Macmillan...study of the making of the Constitution Basic Law of the Federal...C.: Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice...
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Women and the United States Constitution: History, Interpretation, and Practice

Book by Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach, Patricia Smith; Columbia University Press, 2003

Subjects:

Constitutional History--United States, Equal Rights Amendments--United States, Feminist Jurisprudence--United States, Women's Rights--United States, Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...historian Richard Morris, A prime part of the history of our Constitution ... is the story of the extension of constitu...1138 U.S. v. Virginia not only reiterated the Constitutions extension of rights to women as
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Constitutions, Courts, and History: Historical Narratives in Constitutional Adjudication

Book by Renata Uitz; Central European University Press, 2005

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Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Judicial Review--History

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...principle of federalism on the basis of the history of an operating system of federalism...221 E.g., Flanagan, Canadas Three Constitutions , which sees the history of the Canadian Constitution as a record of the shifting powers of...

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Journal Articles on: history of the constitution

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Reform and Revolution: John Spiller Shows That, in Constitution-Making in the USA (1787-89), France (1789-92) and Great Britain (1830-32), Some Men Were Considered More Equal Than Others

Journal article by John Spiller; History Review, 2001

Subjects:

Balance of power--History, Constitutions--History, Democracy--History, Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity, Political reform--History, Revolutions--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...John Spiller shows that, in constitution-making in the USA (1787...write what would become a new constitution. The War of Independence...France 1791 French Civil Constitution passed 1792 Thomas Paines...Spiller is Course Leader for History and Politics at Ashton Sixth...
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Crisp, the Senate, and the Constitution

Journal article by Stanley Bach; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 54, 2008

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Australian history--Political aspects, Constitutions--Australia, Constitutions--Interpretation and construction, Crisp, Finlay--Political activity, Legislators--Powers and duties, Meritocracy--Research, Political systems--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the Senate, and the Constitution. by Stanley Bach During...from sec. 53 of the Constitution, on the powers of...Whenever in the history of the Commonwealth...before it throughout its history great opportunities...centripetal tendencies in the Constitution, would liquidate the...
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A Community Built on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics

Journal article by Keith E. Whittington; The Historian, Vol. 66, 2004

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A Community Built on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Community Built on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics. by Keith E. Whittington...on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics. By H. Jefferson...American constitutional theory, history, and politics--subjects that...
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Complexities of Imagining Haiti: A Study of National Constitutions, 1801-1807

Journal article by Julia Gaffield; Journal of Social History, Vol. 41, 2007

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Constitutions--Haiti, Constitutions--History, Haiti--History, Haiti--Political aspects, Henri Christophe, King of Haiti--Powers and duties

Collections: History, Entire Library

...independence, the constitution, agriculture...The first four constitutions of Haiti reveal...relevant to Haitian history because they mark...of Haitis early constitutions not only enhance...to the subsequent history of Haiti. The legacy...the early national constitutions was particularly...related to the 1801 constitution that included the...
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Freedom of the Press: a Reference Guide to the United States Constitution

Journal article by Ashley Packard; Journalism History, Vol. 31, 2005

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Book reviews, Constitutions, Freedom of the press, Lidsky, Larissa Barnett, Nonfiction, Reference books, United States, Wright, R George

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Guide to the United States Constitution by Ashley Packard Lidsky...Guide to the United States Constitution. Westport, Conn: Praeger...Guide to the United States Constitution, Larissa Barnett Lidsky...chapters on First Amendment history and theory establish a foundation...

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Magazine Articles on: history of the constitution

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Here's Why History Won't Forgive This President: Clinton: I Defended the Constitution against Defamers

Magazine article; Human Events, Vol. 55, April 16, 1999

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Clinton, Bill, Constitutions, History, Impeachment, Presidents

Collections: History, Entire Library

Heres Why History Wont Forgive This President: Clinton: I Defended the Constitution against Defamers In an interview...I wouldnt do that to the history of this country. I would...would destroy it. "If the history writers are honest," he...
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The View from Albion Bagehot and the Constitution: The English Political Journalist Walter Bagehot Was One of the Few Contemporary Commentators on Either Side of the Atlantic to Grapple with the Constitutional Issues That Lay Behind the Outbreak of the American Civil War. Frank Prochaska Discusses His Ideas

Magazine article by Frank Prochaska; History Today, Vol. 60, February 2010

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Bagehot, Walter--Influence, Bagehot, Walter--Political aspects, Bagehot, Walter--Works, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--Social aspects, Constitutions--United Kingdom, Journalists--Influence, Journalists--Political aspects, Journalists--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...between the two countries constitutions became a compelling theme...masterpiece, The English Constitution (1867). At the time...dissension. In his mind, constitutions were not simply about...aesthetics. The American constitution was inelegant to a man...presidents have disregarded the constitution they profess to revere. Frank Prochaska teaches history at Yale University. His...
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Writing It Down: Gordon Brown's Promised Written Constitution-If It Happens-Won't Be the First in British History, as Patrick Little Reminds Us

Magazine article by Patrick Little; History Today, Vol. 58, January 2008

Subjects:

British constitution--Laws, regulations and rules, Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Laws, regulations and rules, Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Powers and duties, Prime ministers--Laws, regulations and rules, Prime ministers--Powers and duties

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Browns Promised Written Constitution-If It Happens-Wont Be the First in British History, as Patrick Little...famously, has no written constitution, relying instead on...its heart, a written constitution: I want a new constitutional...
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Laws of Diminishing Civil Liberties; A New Book Traces the History of Antidiscrimination Laws and Highlights the Threat They Now Pose to the Basic Freedoms Guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution

Magazine article; Insight on the News, February 2, 2004

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Church schools--Cases, Civil rights--Cases, Civil rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Civil rights--United States, Ganzy, Michelle--Cases, Political activists--Cases, Reformers--Cases, Sex discrimination--Cases, Social reformers--Cases, United States Constitution. 1st Amendment, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development--Cases

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Diminishing Civil Liberties; A New Book Traces the History of Antidiscrimination Laws and Highlights the Threat...Pose to the Basic Freedoms Guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Byline: David E. Bernstein, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON...
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The Christian History of the Constitution

Magazine article by M. Stanton Evans; Insight on the News, Vol. 11, March 20, 1995

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Church and state--Political aspects, Constitutional amendments--History, Constitutional history--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Christian history of the constitution. by M. Stanton Evans Events of...disputes is a common teaching about our history and our political institutions...the constitutional era shows the history related by the courts to be a fiction...

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Newspaper Articles on: history of the constitution

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Raising a Glass to the Constitution; Patchwork Alcohol Regulation Reflects American Diversity

Newspaper article by Craig A. Purser; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 12, 2011

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Alcoholic beverage industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Liquor laws--History, Prohibition--History, United States Constitution. 18th Amendment

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...chapter in our nations history. Mr. Burns powerfully...The result was that the Constitution was used not to balance...it right and restored the Constitution to being a consistently...beneficiary. The U.S. Constitution is among the very oldest written constitutions still in use anywhere in...
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The Ignorance of the Elites; Misunderstanding History and the Constitution

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 4, 2008

Subjects:

Eminent domain (Law)--Political aspects, Property rights--Political aspects, Right of property--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Elites; Misunderstanding History and the Constitution. Byline: Alan Nathan...misrepresent the U.S. Constitution. On television, this contest...keep coming back to the Constitution. Sixty votes to stop a...seemed unfamiliar with the Constitutions trumping power over congressional...
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Secession's Apologists Gut Constitution, History

Newspaper article by Mackubin Thomas Owens; The Washington Times, July 22, 2000

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Lincoln, Abraham

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Secessions apologists gut Constitution, history by Mackubin Thomas Owens An article...Lost Cause" school of Civil War history is that Southern secession was...wished to secede. This is bad history and worse constitutional theory...
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COMETH THE HOUR, GORDON; Brown Bids to Consign Blair Era to History with Pledge to Restore Trust in Politics, Reform the Constitution and Shake Up the NHS

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Consign Blair Era to History with Pledge to Restore...Politics, Reform the Constitution and Shake Up the NHS...governed: a written constitution. Under pressure from...delivered by a written constitution. Mr Browns willingness...
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Constitution the Prelude to Statehood

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 31, 2007

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Oregon. Constitution, United States. Congress--Political activity

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Constitution the Prelude to Statehood...familiar to students of Oregon history - Jesse Applegate, Matthew...breathing piece of our history that gives us a foundation...turning point in our nations history. Mary Beth Herkert is Oregons...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: history of the constitution

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Constitution , Ship

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CONSTITUTION , ship U.S. 44-gun...most famous vessel in the history of the U.S. navy...flagship for Isaac Hull , The Constitution won a battle with the...Stewart was commanding the Constitution when on Feb. 20, 1815...
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Constitution of Athens

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CONSTITUTION OF ATHENS treatise by Aristotle or a member of his school, written in...c. It was lost until discovered on Egyptian papyrus in 1890. It is a history of the Athenian government and an account of its operation in the time...
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Constitutions, Apostolic

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CONSTITUTIONS, APOSTOLIC late-4th-century compilation, in eight books, of administrative...Syrian origin. The whole is a valuable primary source on early church history and practice. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Bill of Rights , in U.S. History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BILL OF RIGHTS , in U.S. history in U.S. history: see Constitution of the United States . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Civil War , in U.S. History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CIVIL WAR , in U.S. history in U.S. history, conflict (1861 65) between...Revolution and of the adoption of the Constitution, differences between North and...Irrepressible Conflict, 1850 1865 ("History of American Life" series, Vol...

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