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Explicit and Authentic Acts
David E. Kyvig
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Description for Explicit and Authentic Acts
Paperback. A Bancroft Prize-winning historian chronicles the modern history of constitutional amendments and the shift in American politics and constitutional culture revealed by its evolving interpretation and use. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1089.
In time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process ofamending the US Constitution. The Afterword discusses the many amendments, such those requiring a balanced federal budget or limitingthe terms of members of Congress, that have been proposed since the book was originally published and why they failed of passage. Ata time when prominent scholars and other public figures have called for a constitutional convention to write a new constitution, arguingthat our current system of governance is unsustainable Kyvig reminds us of the high hurdles the founders ... Read more
In time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process ofamending the US Constitution. The Afterword discusses the many amendments, such those requiring a balanced federal budget or limitingthe terms of members of Congress, that have been proposed since the book was originally published and why they failed of passage. Ata time when prominent scholars and other public figures have called for a constitutional convention to write a new constitution, arguingthat our current system of governance is unsustainable Kyvig reminds us of the high hurdles the founders ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700622290
SKU
V9780700622290
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About David E. Kyvig
David E. Kyvig was professor history at the University of Akron.
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