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The partisan republic : democracy, exclusion, and the fall of the founders' constitution, 1780s-1830s

Leonard, Gerald Flood, author, Cornell, Saul, author

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\"The Partisan Republic is the first book to unite a top down and bottom up account of constitutional change in the Founding era. The book focuses on the decline of the Founding generation's elitist vision of the Constitution and the rise of a more \"democratic\" vision premised on the exclusion of women and non-whites. It incorporates recent scholarship on topics ranging from judicial review to popular constitutionalism to place judicial initiatives like Marbury v. Madisonin a broader, socio-legal context. The book recognizes the role of constitutional outsiders as agents in shaping the law, making figures such as the Whiskey Rebels, Judith Sargent Murray, and James Forten part of a cast of characters that has traditionally been limited to white, male elites such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Marshall. Finally, it shows how the \"democratic\" political party came to supplant the Supreme Court as the nation's preeminent constitutional institution\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Constitutional history United States 18th century. / Constitutional history United States 19th century. / United States Politics and government 1789-1815. / United States Politics and government 1815-1861.
• ISBN: 9781107024168, 1107024161, 9781107663893, 110766389X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
KF4541.L396 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE