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Author Levinson, Sanford, 1941-

Title Framed [electronic resource] : America's fifty-one constitutions and the crisis of governance / Sanford Levinson.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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Description viii, 437 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Of compromise and constitutions -- What is the pint of preambles? -- How does a "republican form of government" differ from "democracy"? -- Elections and a republican form of government -- Bicameralism -- If two opinions are good, is a third opinion (with the power of most of the time absolutely to kill the decision of the first two opinion-makers) even better? -- Presidentialism (and "gubernatorialism") -- So what, precisely, does one get, as a constitutional matter, upon being elected president? -- Presidential duration in office, the possibility of impeachment, and the role of the vice president -- Divided government -- How "independent" a judiciary do we really want? -- On the judiciary (and supreme court) as guardian of the constitution -- Federalism -- Amendment -- Emergency powers.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Constitutional law -- United States -- States.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Federal government -- United States.
Separation of powers -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780199890750
9780199890767 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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