A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9781888451610
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Constitutional & administrative law; Philosophy of education; World history; Politics / Current Events; History; History: World; USA; Government - U.S. Government; History & Theory - General; History / General; Essays; General
Description: "John Adams's A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, originally published in London in 1787, was a pivotal document in the development of American political theory. Excerpted here in the second selection of the Akashic U.S. Presidents Series, Adams's Defence advocates for the separation of powers, a system of checks and balances, and a bicameral legislature. In his introduction to this volume, acclaimed satirist Neal Pollack analyzes some of the second President's key precepts and argues that American society is currently experiencing a "De-Enlightenment" that gives short shrift to the principles espoused by Adams."--BOOK JACKET.