The Framers' Coup is a a concise yet sharply argued narrative account of how the Framers persuaded the country to adopt a constitution drafted based on their preferences.
The Framers' Coup is a a concise yet sharply argued narrative account of how the Framers persuaded the country to adopt a constitution drafted based on their preferences.
Michael J. Klarman is Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of the Bancroft Prize-winning From Jim Crow to Civil Rights (OUP).
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* Introduction * Chapter 1: Flaws in the Articles of Confederation * Lack of a Taxing Power * Lack of a Commerce Power * Failed Efforts at Amendment * Other Flaws in the Articles * Sectional Conflict * Chapter 2: Economic Turmoil in the States and the Road to Philadelphia * Paper Money and Debtor Relief Legislation * Shays's Rebellion * The Annapolis Convention * To the Philadelphia Convention * Chapter 3: The Constitutional Convention * Madison's Agenda * The Virginia Plan * Expanding the Powers of the National Government * Establishing the Supremacy of the National Government * The National Legislature * Apportioning Representation in the National Legislature * Other Features of the Senate * The Executive Branch * Interpreting the Convention * Chapter 4: Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution * Background * How To Count Slaves in Apportioning National Political Power * Slavery and Economic Issues * Other Issues Involving Slavery * Slavery and Ratification * Chapter 5: Critics of the Constitution: The Antifederalists * Preliminaries * The Legitimacy of the Constitution * Was Fundamental Reform Necessary? * Consolidation * The Taxing Power * Military Powers * The Commerce Power and the Treaty-Making Power * Other Congressional Powers * The Federal Judiciary * The House of Representatives * The Senate * The President * Checks and Balances * Article I, Section 10 * Actual Motivations * Chapter 6: The Ratifying Contest * The Nature of the Debate * The Federalists' Advantages in the Ratifying Contest * First Steps Toward Ratification * Running Into Snags in New England * Maryland and South Carolina * Virginia * New York * North Carolina and Rhode Island * The Federalists' Great Fears: Conditional Ratification and a Second Convention * Interpreting Ratification * Chapter 7: The Bill of Rights * The Arguments Pro and Con * Madison's Election to Congress * Madison and the Bill of Rights in Congress * Madison's Amendments * Interpreting the Enactment of the Bill of Rights * Chapter 8: Conclusion * Contingency * Interests * Hostility Toward Democracy * Ratification as Ordinary Politics * Excluding Intermediate Alternatives * The Decline of Legitimacy Objections * How the Constitution Did and Did Not Adapt to Democracy * From the Perspective of Today
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Flaws in the Articles of Confederation * Lack of a Taxing Power * Lack of a Commerce Power * Failed Efforts at Amendment * Other Flaws in the Articles * Sectional Conflict * Chapter 2: Economic Turmoil in the States and the Road to Philadelphia * Paper Money and Debtor Relief Legislation * Shays's Rebellion * The Annapolis Convention * To the Philadelphia Convention * Chapter 3: The Constitutional Convention * Madison's Agenda * The Virginia Plan * Expanding the Powers of the National Government * Establishing the Supremacy of the National Government * The National Legislature * Apportioning Representation in the National Legislature * Other Features of the Senate * The Executive Branch * Interpreting the Convention * Chapter 4: Slavery and the Constitutional Constitution * Background * How To Count Slaves in Apportioning National Political Power * Slavery and Economic Issues * Other Issues Involving Slavery * Slavery and Ratification * Chapter 5: Critics of the Constitution: The Antifederalists * Preliminaries * The Legitimacy of the Constitution * Was Fundamental Reform Necessary? * Consolidation * The Taxing Power * Military Powers * The Commerce Power and the Treaty-Making Power * Other Congressional Powers * The Federal Judiciary * The House of Representatives * The Senate * The President * Checks and Balances * Article I, Section 10 * Actual Motivations * Chapter 6: The Ratifying Contest * The Nature of the Debate * The Federalists' Advantages in the Ratifying Contest * First Steps Toward Ratification * Running Into Snags in New England * Maryland and South Carolina * Virginia * New York * North Carolina and Rhode Island * The Federalists' Great Fears: Conditional Ratification and a Second Convention * Interpreting Ratification * Chapter 7: The Bill of Rights * The Arguments Pro and Con * Madison's Election to Congress * Madison and the Bill of Rights in Congress * Madison's Amendments * Interpreting the Enactment of the Bill of Rights * Chapter 8: Conclusion * Contingency * Interests * Hostility Toward Democracy * Ratification as Ordinary Politics * Excluding Intermediate Alternatives * The Decline of Legitimacy Objections * How the Constitution Did and Did Not Adapt to Democracy * From the Perspective of Today
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