The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.
2005
E331 .A15 2005 (Mapit)
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The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.
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ISBN
0674018664 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2005.
Language
English
Description
384 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
E331 .A15 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.973/09/034
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
1: The people's president
American on the brink
The original misunderstanding
John Marshall for president
Jefferson counts himself in
On the brink
What went right?
2: The people and the court
Constitutional brinksmanship
Federalist counterattack
Republican triumph
Marbury v. Stuart
Presidential purge
Synthesis
Reverberations
Documents: Horatius's presidential knot
Judge Bassett's protest.
American on the brink
The original misunderstanding
John Marshall for president
Jefferson counts himself in
On the brink
What went right?
2: The people and the court
Constitutional brinksmanship
Federalist counterattack
Republican triumph
Marbury v. Stuart
Presidential purge
Synthesis
Reverberations
Documents: Horatius's presidential knot
Judge Bassett's protest.