From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the ConstitutionAEI Press, 1997 - 213 էջ This text examines how lingering problems beyond the ratification struggle threatened to undermine popular acceptance of the constitution. It focuses on the addition and need of the Bill of Rights to the constitution of the United States by James Madison. |
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