Defending the Republic

by Frohnen, Bruce P.

• ISBN13: 9781933859439
• ISBN10: 1933859431
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-30
• Publisher: Isi Books

Summary

"This collection of essays, intended to honor the work of one of the nation's foremost constitutional scholars - Georgetown University's George W. Carey - analyzes the origins of public order in America and in constitutional government more generally."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction	p. vii
Foundations of Political Order
Making Sense of Majoritarianism	p. 3
George Carey on Constitutions, Constitutionalism, and Tradition	p. 17
Locke, Our Great Founders, and American Political Life	p. 37
The American Republic: Origins and Intent
George Carey and the Roots of America's Basic Liberties	p. 57
Federalists, Antifederalists, and the Philadelphia Constitution	p. 79
James Madison and the Extended Republic	p. 99
The Virtue of Education: The Founders' Vision	p. 121
No Presidential Republic: Representation, Deliberation, and Executive Power in The Federalist Papers	p. 139
Rights in a Federalist System	p. 153
The American Republic: Derailment and Crisis
Religious Pluralism and the American Experiment: From Articles of Peace to Culture Wars	p. 177
Horizontal and Vertical Consolidation of the United States into an Administrative State	p. 201
The Rule of Men: How Caring Too Much about Important Things Is Destroying Constitutional Law	p. 221
The Crisis of the American Political Tradition	p. 245
Neo-Jacobin Nationalism or Reponsible Nationhood?	p. 263
Notes	p. 283
About the Contributors	p. 331
Index	p. 335
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