The Origins of the American Constitution
Subtitle: A Documentary History
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: November 4, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780140087444
Subjects: History; United States; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - Colonial Period; Civil Procedure; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); History - General History; Constitutional history; Sources
First sentence: Among the many publications which have appeared on the subject of political Constructions, none, that I have seen, have properly defined what is meant by a Constitution, that word having been bandied about without any determinate sense being affirmed thereto.