The deconstitutionalization of America : the forgotten frailties of democratic rule /
The deconstitutionalization of America : the forgotten frailties of democratic rule /
Roger M. Barrus ... [et al.].
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2004.
- ix, 162 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-158) and index.
James Madison's constitution of freedom -- Abraham Lincoln's new birth of freedom -- Woodrow Wilson's progressive constitution -- Franklin Roosevelt, the Great Depression and the rise of interest-group government -- Congress : increased power and institutional weakness -- Presidential leadership and the two publics -- The modern judiciary and palliative government : still the "least dangerous branch"? -- Deconstitutionalization and American foreign policy -- National performance review and Madisonian constitutionalism : the persistence of Wilsonian administrative thought.
0739108344 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739108352 (pbk : alk. paper)
2004004699
Democracy--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
JK1726 / .D44 2004
320.973
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-158) and index.
James Madison's constitution of freedom -- Abraham Lincoln's new birth of freedom -- Woodrow Wilson's progressive constitution -- Franklin Roosevelt, the Great Depression and the rise of interest-group government -- Congress : increased power and institutional weakness -- Presidential leadership and the two publics -- The modern judiciary and palliative government : still the "least dangerous branch"? -- Deconstitutionalization and American foreign policy -- National performance review and Madisonian constitutionalism : the persistence of Wilsonian administrative thought.
0739108344 (cloth : alk. paper) 0739108352 (pbk : alk. paper)
2004004699
Democracy--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
JK1726 / .D44 2004
320.973