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| Title | : | From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constitution |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0844740128 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 213 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
McDowell, The Washington Times, May 11, 1997In this elegant essay on the Bill of Rights, Robert Goldwin distills a lifetime of reflecting about the first principles of republican government into a engaging primer on the origins, ironies, and deeper meanings of the first ten Amendments. Mr. What distinguishes his effort from all others, however, is that he not only presents a fascinating narrative of an important event, but also engages with deeper philosophical issues such as the nature of power, liberty and rights. From Parchment to Power is one of those increasingly rare books about American constitutional matters: It strives only to teach, not to grind axes; there are no tedious and tendentious academic squabbles being aired here. -- Jack N. -- C. Goldwin's book is the sobriety of its lessons about how the Bill of Rights originally was understood. Goldwin does this in a
"Enjoyed This Tremendously" according to Michael E. Fitzgerald. This book is about the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. According to author Robert Goldwin, adoption of the Constitution was never seriously in doubt, but the timing of its ratification certainly was. Everyone it seems understood the Articles of Confederation were a dismal failure for governance at the national level. Surprisingly, no one in Congress or in the individual State legislatures seemed to mind t. "Lacks Critical Analysis of Madison's Ideas" according to Stefan Herpel. The author is to be commended for writing about a an important event in our nation's history -- the formation of the Bill of Rights -- that has to date been the subject of very few book-length studies. While I liked much of the historical account, it seems to me that the treatment of James Madison's ideas was lacking in some respects.Goldwin argues that Madison's principal purpose in proposing the Bill of Rights was politic. "A Great Explanation" according to Bill Rhatican. A truly wonderful, easy to read portrayal of Mr. Madison, a federalist who saw the political advantage to a Bill of Rights and undertook the task to write the amendments that saved the Constitution.
He has taught political science at the University of Chicago and at Kenyon College, and was dean of St. He has served in the White House as special consultant to the president, and concurrently, as adviser to the secretary of defense. He is the editor of more than a score of books on American politics, senior editor of the AEI series of volumes on the C
It focuses on the addition and need of the Bill of Rights to the constitution of the United States by James Madison.. This text examines how lingering problems beyond the ratification struggle threatened to undermine popular acceptance of the constitution
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