The present volume contains a collection of presentations and essays on basic elements of constitutionalism. They run the gamut from a philosophical inquiry into the distinguishing characteristics of constitutionalism and democracy; an historical analysis of the Virginia Ratification Convention of 1788; an essay on Jefferson and the language of liberty; a critical paper on the presidency in relationship to the constitutional system; and a concluding discussion of the living as distinct from the written constitution. Such a group can prepare the way for a discussion of comparative constitutionalism by making clear the essential nature of the U.S. Constitution and the principles and practices that brought it into being.
- ISBN10 0819172189
- ISBN13 9780819172181
- Publish Date 25 January 1989
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Paperback
- Pages 132
- Language English