The Failure of the Founding Fathers : : Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy /

The Failure of the Founding Fathers : : Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy / / Bruce ACKERMAN.

Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understanding of the early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major impact on American history: the plebiscitarian presidency and...

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ACKERMAN, Bruce,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2005
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PART ONE: The People's President
  • Introduction: America on the Brink
  • 1. The Original Misunderstanding
  • 2. John Marshall for President
  • 3. Jefferson Counts Himself In
  • 4. On the Brink
  • 5. What Went Right?
  • PART TWO: The People and the Court
  • Introduction: Constitutional Brinksmanship
  • 6. Federalist Counterattack
  • 7. Republican Triumph
  • 8. Marbury v. Stuart
  • 9. Presidential Purge
  • 10. Synthesis
  • 11. Reverberations
  • DOCUMENTS: Horatius's Presidential Knot Judge Bassett's Protest
  • Horatius's Presidential Knot
  • Judge Bassett's Protest
  • NOTES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX

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