
The Failure of the Founding Fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy.
Title:
The Failure of the Founding Fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy.
Author:
Ackerman, Bruce.
ISBN:
9780674020054
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (400 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- PART ONE The People's President -- Introduction: America on the Brink -- 1. The Original Misunderstanding -- 2. John Marshall for President -- 3. Jefferson Counts Himself In -- 4. On the Brink -- 5. What Went Right? -- PART TWO The People and the Court -- Introduction: Constitutional Brinksmanship -- 6. Federalist Counterattack -- 7. Republican Triumph -- 8. Marbury v. Stuart -- 9. Presidential Purge -- 10. Synthesis -- 11. Reverberations -- DOCUMENTS -- Horatius's Presidential Knot -- Judge Bassett's Protest -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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