The Constitution of the United States of America

The Constitution of the United States of America
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9781509901760
ISBN-13 : 1509901760
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Book Synopsis The Constitution of the United States of America by : Mark Tushnet

Download or read book The Constitution of the United States of America written by Mark Tushnet and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second edition of Professor Tushnet's short critical introduction to the history and current meaning of the United States' Constitution. It is organised around wo themes: first, the US Constitution is old, short, and difficult to amend. Second, the Constitution creates a structure of political opportunities that allows political actors, icluding political parties, to pursue the preferred policy goals even to the point of altering the very structure of politics. Deploying these themes to examine the structure f the national government, federalism, judicial review, and individual rights, the book provides basic information about, and deeper insights into, the way he US constitutional system has developed and what it means today.


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