The United States Constitution was designed to secure the rights of individuals and minorities from the tyranny of the majority—or was it? Jennifer Nedelsky's provocative study places this claim in an utterly new light, tracing its origins to the Framers' preoccupation with the protection of private property. She argues that this formative focus on property has shaped our institutions, our political system, and our very understanding of limited government.
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Jennifer Nedelsky is associate professor of law and political science at the University of Toronto.
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Private property has shaped the structure of the American political system. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
democratic injustice, large election districts, legislative injustice, freehold suffrage, propertyless majority, conceptual severance, debtor relief laws, unjust schemes, majority oppression, democratic threat, unequal faculties, faculties for acquiring property, publican government, perpetrate injustice, qualified veto, commercial republic, majority tyranny, national veto Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Private property has shaped the structure of the American political system. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
democratic injustice, large election districts, legislative injustice, freehold suffrage, propertyless majority, conceptual severance, debtor relief laws, unjust schemes, majority oppression, democratic threat, unequal faculties, faculties for acquiring property, publican government, perpetrate injustice, qualified veto, commercial republic, majority tyranny, national veto Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Supreme Court, Madisonian Constitution, United States, Bill of Rights, Gouverneur Morris, Marshall Court, Articles of Confederation, West Coast Hotel, First Amendment, Joyce Appleby, Bruce Ackerman, State of Society New!
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- Tribe's American Constitutional Law, 3D (University Textbook Series) by Laurence H. Tribe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- John Jay (American Statesmen Series) by George Pellew on page 73, page 78, and Back Matter
- A Preface to Democratic Theory by Robert A. Dahl in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Private Property and the Constitution by Professor Bruce Ackerman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Mind of the Founder: Sources of the Political Thought of James Madison by James Madison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Property Rights in the Colonial Era and Early Republic (Property Rights in American History: From the Colonial Era to the Present) by James W. Ely Jr. in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 84
- Interpreting the Founding: Guide to the Enduring Debates Over the Origins and Foundations of the American Republic (American Political Thought) by Alan Gibson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic by Lance Banning in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Unjust Enrichment: A Study of Private Law and Public Values (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law) by Hanoch Dagan on page 53, and Back Matter
- Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule (Murphy Institute Studies in Political Economy) by John Ferejohn on page 69, and page 203
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