以法为教：1768—1840年美国宪法历史 The Words That Made Us:Americas Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

基本信息

Format:Hardback 832 pages

Publisher:Basic Books

Imprint:Basic Books

ISBN:9780465096350

Published:27 May 2021

Dimensions:165 x 242 x 65 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

当美国宪法于 1788 年获得民众批准时，它是三十年来关于政府性质的激烈争论的高峰。 但批准并没有结束对话。 在接下来的半个世纪里，普通美国人和政治家都继续在政府大厅和报纸上努力解决重大问题。 国家的边界是否应该扩大？ 美国应该允许奴隶制向西蔓延吗？ 印度各民族应享有哪些权利？ 司法部门的正确作用是什么？

在《造就我们的话语》一书中，阿基尔·里德·阿马尔将历史和法律结合起来，生动地叙述了早期美国人面临的宪法问题，并熟练地评估了他们提供的答案。 他对该文件的起源和巩固的描述对于任何想要正确理解当今美国宪法的人来说都是一个指南。

When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788, it was the culmination of thirty years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages of newspapers. Should the nation's borders be expanded? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch?

In The Words that Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law in a vivid narrative of the constitutional questions early Americans confronted, and he expertly assesses the answers they offered. His account of the document's origins and consolidation is a guide for anyone seeking to properly understand America's Constitution today.

作者简介

阿基尔·里德·阿马尔 (Akhil Reed Amar) 是耶鲁大学斯特林法学和政治学教授，也是多本有关宪法和历史的书籍的作者，其中包括《美国宪法：传记》和《美国不成文宪法》。 他住在康涅狄格州伍德布里奇。

Akhil Reed Amar is the Sterling professor of law and political science at Yale University and the author of several books on constitutional law and history, including America's Constitution: A Biography and America's Unwritten Constitution. He lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut.