What Would Madison Do?: The Father of the Constitution Meets Modern American Politics

by Benjamin Wittes

Book Overview

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What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy?

Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison himself could peer at the present, what would he think of the state of key political institutions that he helped originate and the government...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815726740
• ISBN13: 9780815726746
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"