The history, philosophy, and structure of the American Constitution
By: Douglas W. Kmiec, U.S. Ambassador (ret.), Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law & Human RIghts, Pepperdine University School of Law ; Stephen B. Presser, Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History, Northwestern University School of Law; John C. Eastman, Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service and former Dean, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Contributors: Presser, Stephen B., 1946- author; Eastman, John C., 1960- author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9781630436070
Subjects: Constitutional law; Constitutional history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The philosophical and natural law basis of the American order : remote and immediate ancestors; title: Fashioning a written constitution from declared natural right; title: A structurally-divided, but workable, government; title: A limited government of enumerated power; title: A government mindful of dual sovereignty.