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The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution Is Paralyzing Democracy
by Lazare, Daniel
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0151000859
- ISBN 13
- 9780151000852
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. very good, very good. 393, notes, bibliography, index. James Madison's celebrated checks and balances have left the American government without direction or even final authority. Lazare offers a creative, constructive challenge to constitutional orthodoxy, arguing that the gridlock built into the Founders' design must be uprooted. Substantial discussion is devoted to a recap of American history viewed through the prism of constitutional interpretation. Lazare, refreshingly, also looks abroad, especially to the post-World War II European experience.
Synopsis
In this thought-provoking polemic, “an accomplished iconoclast” whose “knowledge of american history is as persuasive as his wit” (New York Times Book Review) blames americanca’s outmoded constitutional system of checks and balances for the political malaise and governmental gridlock of recent years. Index.
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- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45778
- Title
- The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution Is Paralyzing Democracy
- Author
- Lazare, Daniel
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0151000859
- ISBN 13
- 9780151000852
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Jeremy Bentham, Daniel Boorstin, Robert Bork, Civil Liberties, Lucius Clay, Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Alexander Hamilton, U.S. Constitution
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