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1. The revolutionary Constitution
David J. Bodenhamer
in The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
The American Revolution was a radical event that redefined ideas of sovereignty, liberty, equality, representation, and power. It also recast how men and women related to each other within ...
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5. Representation
David J. Bodenhamer
in The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
More than most constitutional issues, questions of representation and suffrage have exposed the fault lines of class, race, and gender in American society. Popular sovereignty was the ...
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3. Rights of property and their regulation
G. Edward White
in American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction
‘Rights of property and their regulation’ illustrates that the law of property was at the centre of early American society and governance. By the early nineteenth century, two ideas about ...
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Introduction
Anthony Arnull
in European Union Law: A Very Short Introduction
The Introduction outlines the questions that this VSI attempts to answer. Why does the EU arouse such strong passions? As an organization based on international treaties, why has it proved ...
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2. Federalism
David J. Bodenhamer
in The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
Federalism, the division of power between state and central governments, was the most novel doctrine to emerge from the Constitutional Convention. ‘Federalism’ explains how it embraced a ...
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6. Equality
David J. Bodenhamer
in The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
Equality was not an explicit core value of the Constitution, nor was it a basic condition of republican governments. The framers, living in a world based on class distinctions, rejected ...
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7. Rights
David J. Bodenhamer
in The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
Throughout American history, rights have been invented and repudiated, fought over and striven for, expanded and violated. From the nation’s beginnings, revolutionaries appealed to natural ...
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