A Constitution for the Living: Imagining How Five Generations of Americans Would Rewrite the Nation's Fundamental Law
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What would America's Constitutions have looked like if each generation wrote its own? "The earth belongs...to the living, the dead have neither powers nor rights over it." These famous words, written by Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, reflect Jefferson's lifelong belief that each generation ought to write its own Constitution. According to Jefferson each generation should take an active role in endorsing, renouncing, or changing...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0804776709
ISBN13:9780804776707
Release Date:April 2021
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"
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