Essays in the constitutional history of the United States in the formative period, 1775-1789.
Series: Da Capo Press reprints in American constitutional and legal history
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Constitutional History -- United States.; Executive departments -- United States.; United States -- Church history.
Notes: Reprint of the 1889 ed.
Table of contents: title: The predecessor of the Supreme Court, by the editor.; title: The movement towards a second constitutional convention in 1788, by E. P. Smith.; title: The development of the executive departments, by J. C. Guggenheimer.; title: The period of constitution-making in the American churches, by W. P. Trent.; title: The status of the slave, 1775-1789, by J. R. Brackett.