Inherent rights, the written constitution, and popular sovereignty : the founders' understanding / Thomas B. McAffee.
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| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Contributions in legal studies ;
no. 95. |
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Table of Contents:
- Inherent Rights, the Written Constitution, and Popular Sovereignty
- Contents
- The Modern Debate over Inherent Constitutional Rights: What Is at Stake?
- State Constitutions in the Early American Republic: The Experiment with Republican Government
- Constitutional Practice in the Confederation Period: The Search for Effective Limits on Legislative Power
- The Decision at the Philadelphia Convention: The Federal System as Bill of Rights
- The Ratification-Era Debate over the Omission of a Bill of Rights: The Constitution as Fundamental Positive Law.
- The Ninth Amendment and Modern Constitutional Theory
- Bibliography
- Index.