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Framed [electronic resource] : America's fifty-one constitutions and the crisis of governance / Sanford Levinson.
By: Levinson, Sanford
Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012Description: 1 online resource (viii, 437 p.)ISBN: 9780190260088 (ebook) :Subject(s): Constitutional law -- United States -- States | Constitutional law -- United States | Federal government -- United StatesAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199890750DDC classification: 342.7302 LOC classification: KF4530 | .L48 2012Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In 'Framed', Levinson challenges the belief that the most important features of America's 51 constitutions concern what rights they protect. Instead, he focuses on the fundamental procedures of governance such as congressional bicameralism, the selection of the President by the electoral college, or the dimensions of the President's veto power - not to mention the near impossibility of amending the United States Constitution.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 'Framed', Levinson challenges the belief that the most important features of America's 51 constitutions concern what rights they protect. Instead, he focuses on the fundamental procedures of governance such as congressional bicameralism, the selection of the President by the electoral college, or the dimensions of the President's veto power - not to mention the near impossibility of amending the United States Constitution.
Description based on print version record.