Framed : America's fifty-one constitutions and the crisis of governance / / Sanford Levinson.
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Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | viii, 437 p. |
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a Framed |h [electronic resource] : |b America's fifty-one constitutions and the crisis of governance / |c Sanford Levinson. |
260 | |a Oxford ; |a New York : |b Oxford University Press, |c c2012. | ||
300 | |a viii, 437 p. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Of compromise and constitutions -- What is the pint of preambles? -- How does a "republican form of government" differ from "democracy"? -- Elections and a republican form of government -- Bicameralism -- If two opinions are good, is a third opinion (with the power of most of the time absolutely to kill the decision of the first two opinion-makers) even better? -- Presidentialism (and "gubernatorialism") -- So what, precisely, does one get, as a constitutional matter, upon being elected president? -- Presidential duration in office, the possibility of impeachment, and the role of the vice president -- Divided government -- How "independent" a judiciary do we really want? -- On the judiciary (and supreme court) as guardian of the constitution -- Federalism -- Amendment -- Emergency powers. | |
533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Constitutional law |z United States |x States. | |
650 | 0 | |a Constitutional law |z United States. | |
650 | 0 | |a Federal government |z United States. | |
650 | 0 | |a Separation of powers |z United States. | |
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