Ideal for introducing students to the conception and development of the Bill of Rights, this concise volume examines the Federalists' and Anti-Federalists' struggle over amending the Constitution while highlighting the relevance their debates have for modern-day issues. Rakove's lively narrative begins with a study of American roots in English common law, examines the heated discourse and thoughtful deliberation of the founders, and culminates with a close look at the evolution of rights distinctly American. Interspersed throughout are 25 primary documents - including letters, declarations, newspaper editorials, and debates - that embody and contextualize the issues. Also included are extensive gloss notes, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index.
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Jack N. Rakove is Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor (by courtesy) of political science at Stanford University. His scholarly work concentrates on the creation of a national policy in Revolutionary America, the problem of ascertaining the "original meaning" on the Constitution, and the political career and thinking of James Madison. His most recent book, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996), won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in history. Rakove's other works include James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (1990), Interpreting the Constitution: The Debate over Original Intent (1990), and The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretative History of the Continental Congress (1979). He contributes to numerous scholarly and legal journals and lectures both in the United States and abroad.
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JACK RAKOVE, the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and a professor of political science at Stanford University, is one the most distinguished historians of the early American republic. He is the author of, among other books, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. He frequently writes op-ed articles for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other major newspapers. He has been an expert witness in Indian land claims litigation and has testified in Congress on impeachment.
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- Original Meanings by Jack N. Rakove on 6 pages
- Two Treatises of Government by John Locke on 6 pages
- Records of the Federal Convention of 1787: v. 4 by Max Farrand on 4 pages
- The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn on 4 pages
- Bill of Rights by Instructor Books in Front Matter, page 193, and Back Matter
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- The Idea of Public Law by Martin Loughlin on page 119, and Back Matter
- The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America by Frank Lambert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Militia and the Right to Arms, or, How the Second Amendment Fell Silent (Constitutional Conflicts) by H. Richard Uviller in Back Matter
- Historicizing "Tradition" in the Study of Religion (Religion and Society (Hague, Netherlands)) by Steven Engler on page 344
- Thomas Jefferson Versus Alexander Hamilton: Confrontations that Shaped a Nation (Bedford Series in History & Culture) by Noble E. Cunningham in Front Matter
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