The Constitution before the judgment seat : the prehistory and ratification of the American Constitution, 1787-1791 / Jürgen Heideking ; edited by John P. Kaminski and Richard Leffler.
2012
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Title
The Constitution before the judgment seat : the prehistory and ratification of the American Constitution, 1787-1791 / Jürgen Heideking ; edited by John P. Kaminski and Richard Leffler.
Uniform Title
Verfassung vor dem Richterstuhl. English
Published
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Call Number
KF4520 .H4513 2012
ISBN
9780813931746 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813931746 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813931746 (cloth : alk. paper)
Language Note
Originally published in German as Die Verfassung vor dem Richterstuhl in 1988.
Description
xxviii, 552 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)708648736
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Added Author
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch Fund
Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Editors' Introduction
xi
Author's Acknowledgments
xxiii
Ratification Chronology, 1786-1791
xxv
Introduction The Historical Significance of the Debate over the American Constitution
1
1.
Historical Background
7
The United States during the "Critical Period"
7
The Philadelphia Convention and the Sovereignty of the People
18
The Constitution before Congress and the State Legislatures
30
2.
Public Discourses and Private Correspondence
53
Public Moods and Public Opinion
53
The Print Media: Books, Pamphlets, and Newspapers
68
Networks of Private Correspondence
94
3.
The Debate over Basic Principles
105
The Antifederalist Critique of the Constitution
105
The Federalist Defense and Interpretation of the Constitution
134
4.
Party Formation and Convention Elections
164
Party Spirit and Party Leaders
164
Election Campaigns
176
Election Results
223
5.
State Ratifying Conventions
252
The Conventions as Social and Cultural Events
253
Ideology and Politics in the Conventions
285
6.
Republican Festive Culture
340
Celebrating the Constitution
340
The Significance of the Ratification Celebrations
357
George Washington as Integrator
374
7.
The Creation of the Bill of Rights
379
Amendment Recommendations and the Movement for a Second Convention
379
James Madison, the First Federal Congress, and the Bill of Rights
394
CONCLUSION Constitution-Making as a Political and Cultural Process: America's Debate over the Constitution and the French Revolution
419
The Dialectics of Progress and Tradition
425
The Legitimation of the Constitution and the Union
430
Notes
433
Bibliography
519
Index
527