The Constitution:: Understanding America's Founding Document

By Michael S. Greve

Book Overview

This is an indispensable and eye-opening primer on the U.S. Constitution, where AEI scholar Michael S. Greve unpacks the founding document's structure, rights, and amendment process, tackling enduring controversies like federalism, separation of powers, slavery, civil rights, and the administrative state, giving students, citizens, and curious readers a fresh framework for understanding what constitutions can accomplish and how American democracy has endured.

In The Constitution: Understanding America's Founding Document, Michael S. Greve explains how to think seriously about the United States Constitution and constitutions in general. What are constitutions supposed to do, and what can they accomplish?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844772585
• ISBN13: 9780844772585
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.4" x 6.4"