A more perfect union
Subtitle: essays on the Constitution
By: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 1987 ; collected and edited by the American Philosophical Society ; new foreword by Laurence H. Tribe
Contributors: American Philosophical Society
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- Volume 107, part 4; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- v. 107, pt. 4.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781606180747
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Constitutional history; Congresses
Notes: "Includes papers presented at two symposia held April 1987 by the American Philosophical Society in recognition of the bicentenary of the United States Constitutionand also a Dr. Richard A. F. Penrose Memorial Lecture."--ECIP Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Herman H. Goldstine; title: Foreword: Conjugating the Constitution-from noun to verb / Laurence H. Tribe; title: Bicentennial blues: to praise the Constitution or bury it? / Laurence H. Tribe; title: Essays from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1987: The Dr. Richard A. F. Penrose Memorial Lecture : remarks on the constitutional celebration / LORD SCARMAN; title: Symposium on the United States Constitution: The miracle at Philadelphia / ARLIN ADAMS; title: Separation of powers? : then and now / NICHOLAS deB. KATZENBACH; title: Reflections on the first amendment : the evolution of the American jurisprudence of free expression / GEOFFREY R. STONE; title: The United States Constitution as social compact / LOUIS HENKIN; title: Reflections on the Supreme Court appointment process / HENRY J. ABRAHAM; title: Symposium on the genius of the United States Constitution : Remarks / ARTHUR S. LINK; title: A more perfect union / GARRY WILLS; title: "An instructive monitor" : experience and the fabrication of the federal Constitution / JACK P. GREENE; title: Franklin, Washington, and a new nation / JOHN SHY; title: "A vehicle of life" : the founders' intentions and American perceptions of their living constitution / MICHAEL KAMMEN.