Negotiating the Constitution

by Joseph M. Lynch

Book Overview

No concept sparks more controversy in constitutional debate than original intent. Offering a legal historian's approach to the subject, this book demonstrates that the framers deliberately obscured one of their more important decisions.

Joseph M. Lynch argues that the Constitution was a product of political struggles involving regional interests, economic concerns, and ideology. The framers, he maintains, settled on enigmatic wording of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801435587
• ISBN13: 9780801435584
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher