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Discusses the history, writers, drafting, and impact of the United States Constitution.

Beck reworks the Federalist Papers into "modern English" and provides his own commentary and annotations. For a number of the essays, he includes the viewpoints of both liberal and conservative historians and scholars, aiming for a fair and insightful perspective on the historical works that remain the primary source for interpreting Constitutional law and the rights of American citizens.

America is a complex tapestry of laws, from the local ones passed by your city council to national laws made by Congress. Sometimes Congress passes a law to build a program, such as the Affordable Care Act, and then hands some or all of its administration over to the states. Was it always like this? What happens when a state and the national government disagree? Readers find out how these issues have evolved since before the Constitution was signed....

This book introduces the U.S. Constitution and explains how this document creates a strong nation out of the thirteen original colonies.

Describes the need for unification in a growing country and discusses the problems and decisions of the men who drafted the Constitution of the United States.

Three early American statesmen defend the political principles and ideologies set forth in the Constitution of the United States, in a new edition of the classic, which is accompanied by a selected bibliography, historical glossary, new introduction, andother resource material.