Our secret constitution : how Lincoln redefined American democracy

Our secret constitution : how Lincoln redefined American democracy / George P. Fletcher.

Americans hate and distrust their government, but, at the same time, love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He says that the US has 2 constitutions - one catering to freedom and fear, the other to...

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Main Author: Fletcher, George P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
United States. > Constitution. > 13th-15th Amendments.
Constitution (United States)
1861-1865
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutional amendments > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional history
Political and social views
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States
Electronic books.
History
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