The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.

Describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understanding ofthe early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major impact on American history: the plebiscitarian presidency and a Supreme Court that struggles to put the presidency...

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Main Author: Ackerman, Bruce A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
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