Essentials of the American Constitution: The Supreme Court and the Fundamental Law

by Charles H. Sheldon and Stephen L. Wasby

Book Overview

Constitutional politics is the continuing search for equilibrium between the grants of power and the limits placed on that power. The Essentials of the American Constitution examines the five closely integrated components which make up the fundamental law: the Compact, separation of powers, federalism, representation, and the Bill of Rights. It is the interaction between these components that gives the Constitution its dynamism. Landmark decisions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813368553
• ISBN13: 9780813368559
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"