The Constitution before the judgment seat
Subtitle: the prehistory and ratification of the American Constitution, 1787-1791
By: Jürgen Heideking ; edited by John P. Kaminski and Richard Leffler
Contributors: Kaminski, John P.; Leffler, Richard
Publisher: University of Virginia Press; Univ of Virginia Pr
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780813931746
Subjects: Constitutional history; Politics and government; United States; United States. Constitutional Convention (1787); Intellectual life
Work titles: Verfassung vor dem Richterstuhl
Description: First translation by Jerry Neeb-Crippen made from a text with "substantial deletions" by the author. Richard Leffler and the author revised the first three chapters of the translation; then Leffler and Kaminski finished the editing. (p. ix).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-525) and index.

Originally published in German as Die Verfassung vor dem Richterstuhl in 1988.
Table of contents: title: Ratification chronology, 1786-1791; title: Introduction : the historical significance of the debate over the American Constitution; title: Historical background; title: Public discourses and private correspondence; title: The debate over basic principles; title: Party formation and convention elections; title: State ratifying conventions; title: Republican festive culture; title: The creation of the Bill of Rights; title: Conclusion : Constitution-making as a political and cultural process : America's debate over the Constitution and the French Revolution.