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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 / Bruce Ackerman.
- Author
- Ackerman, Bruce A.
- Publication
- Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2005.
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- Description
- 384 p.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Marshall, John, 1755-1835
- United States. Supreme Court > History
- Presidents > United States > History
- Constitutional history > United States
- Federal government > United States > History
- Separation of powers > United States > History
- United States > Politics and government > 1801-1809
- United States > Politics and government > 1797-1801
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1: The people's president -- American on the brink -- The original misunderstanding -- John Marshall for president -- Jefferson counts himself in -- On the brink -- What went right? -- 2: The people and the court -- Constitutional brinksmanship -- Federalist counterattack -- Republican triumph -- Marbury v. Stuart -- Presidential purge -- Synthesis -- Reverberations -- Documents: Horatius's presidential knot -- Judge Bassett's protest.
- Call Number
- IBM 05-6713
- ISBN
- 0674018664 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005047034
- OCLC
- 58919429
- Author
- Ackerman, Bruce A.
- Title
- The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- IBM 05-6713