num_pages: 256
description: In theclosing decades of the eighteenth century, the newly independent colonies along the mid-Atlantic coast of North America commenced an unprecedented public debate concerning the principles of civil government. The debate culminated in 1787 with the Philadelphia convention where the United States Constitution was drafted and adopted. After rati
language: English
title: Philosophical Dimensions Of The Constitution
titlecomplete: Philosophical Dimensions Of The Constitution
publisher: Westview Press