Corwin & Peltason's understanding the constitution
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Group Author: | ; ; |
Published: |
Thomson/Wadsworth,
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Publisher Address: | Belmont, CA |
Publication Dates: | c2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 16th ed. |
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Item Description: |
Understanding the constitution Corwin & Peltason's understanding the constitution. |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 517 p.: ill., map ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0534614078 |
Index Number: | D971 |
CLC: | D971.21 |
Call Number: | D971.21/D264/16th.ed. |
Contents: |
Peltason's name appears first on the earlier ed. Includes bibliographical references and index. History and context: Constitutional backgrounds -- Constitution, American politics, and the development of American Constitutional law -- Constitution of 1787: Preamble and Article I: Legislative branch -- Article II: Executive branch -- Article III: Judiciary -- Articles IV-VII -- Amendments: Bill of Rights I: Protecting individual liberties -- Bill of Rights II: Procedural boundaries -- Clarifying and modifying -- Reconstruction amendments -- Progressive era -- 1933 to 1992 -- Documents: Declaration of Independence -- Constitution of the United States. |