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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thornton Anderson |
| ISBN: | 0271009136 : 9780271009131 0271009209 9780271009209 |
| OCLC Number: | 26503680 |
| Description: | xv, 256 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction. An Approach Through Ideas. A Convention to Regain Unity? A Secret Convention. Ratification and Implementation. A New and Unexpected Form of Federalism -- 2. Ideas from England. England's Ambivalent Medieval Heritage. England's Second Revolution. From Limited to Unlimited Power. The Country Opposition. English Ambivalence Imported -- 3. Political Motivations. The Problems as the Nationalists Saw Them. The Virginia Plan. The State Federalists. The Powers of Government. Restricting State Power. The General Result -- 4. Economic Motivations. The Role of Wealth in the Government. The Influence of Government on Wealth -- 5. An Anti-Democratic Convention? The House of Representatives. The Senate. The Executive. The Council of Revision and the Veto. Legislators' Eligibility for Executive Offices. The Judiciary. The Amending Article. The Mode of Ratification. Why an Anti-Democratic Bias? The General Result -- 6. The Convention Congress. Ratification. Amendments. The Nationalists in Control. The Ambiguity of the Senate. The Removal Power. Assumption of State Debts. The Bank. The Implications -- Appendix A State-Federalist Voting in the Philadelphia Convention -- Appendix B The First Senate -- Appendix C The First House. |
| Responsibility: | Thornton Anderson. |
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