Rewriting the United States Constitution: An Examination of Proposals from Reconstruction to the Present

by John R. Vile

Since the Reconstruction period, there have been over forty proposals to rewrite the U.S. Constitution. John Vile's unique historical study analyzes all of these proposals within the framework of the constitutional amending process. In each case Vile examines the substance of the proposal, its goals and methods, the response to the proposal, and its overall influence--concluding that the Constitution in its current form faces no immediate threats...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275938425
• ISBN13: 9780275938420
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"