The United States Constitution: One Document, Many Choices

by John R. Vile

Book Overview

The United States Constitution: One Document, Many Choices is designed to provide an understanding of the document both by explaining its origins in Western political thought and by describing the institutions it created. It further compares these institutions to possible alternatives. The author explains that institutions within the national government and the division of powers between the nation and the states were designed, like limits of governmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137513497
• ISBN13: 9781137513496
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12