Jeremy D. Bailey

James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book liberates James Madison from Madisonian Constitutionalism and focuses on Madison's treatment of the problem of constitutional imperfection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781107121607
• ISBN-10: 1107121604
• Artikelnr.: 42791052

Autorenporträt

Jeremy D. Bailey is the Ross M. Lence Distinguished Teaching Chair at the University of Houston, where he holds a dual appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Honors College. He is the author of Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power and co-author of The Contested Removal Power, 1789-2010.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Madison and constitutional imperfection
2. Appeals to tradition
3. Appeals to elites
4. Public opinion before parties
5. The turn to public opinion
6. Appeals to the people
7. Appeals to text and history
8. 'Take care of me when dead'.