The original compromise : what the Constitution's framers were really thinking
Robertson, David BrianAuthor
New York : Oxford University Press,
2013.
What were the Founding Fathers really thinking when they gathered in the Pennsylvania State House to draft the United States Constitution? This book explores this question and more. Organized thematically, each chapter covers a crucial Constitutional issue: the respective roles of the executive, the judiciary, and the legislature; the balance between the federal government and the states; slavery; and war and peace.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
What were the Founding Fathers really thinking when they gathered in the Pennsylvania State House to draft the United States Constitution? This book explores this question and more. Organized thematically, each chapter covers a crucial Constitutional issue: the respective roles of the executive, the judiciary, and the legislature; the balance between the federal government and the states; slavery; and war and peace.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
Political science
Constitutional history