The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: Fully Annotated

Name: The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: Fully Annotated
Brand: Penguin Random House
SKU: 118100
Price: 11.60 USD
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Author: Richard Beeman
ISBN: 9780143118107

By: Richard Beeman

Penguin Random House / 2010 / Paperback

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Title: The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: Fully Annotated
By: Richard Beeman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
Vendor: Penguin Random House
Publication Date: 2010

Dimensions: 7.50 X 4.25 (inches)
Weight: 6 ounces
ISBN: 0143118102
ISBN-13: 9780143118107
Stock No: WW118100

Publisher's Description

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What is the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court really allowed to do? This unique and handy guide includes the documents that guide our government, annotated with accessible explanations from one of America's most esteemed constitutional scholars.

Known across the country for his appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Professor Richard Beeman is one of the nation's foremost experts on the United States Constitution. In this book, he has produced what every American should have: a compact, fully annotated copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and amendments, all in their entirety. A marvel of accessibility and erudition, the guide also features a history of the making of the Constitution with excerpts from The Federalist Papers and a look at crucial Supreme Court cases that reminds us that the meaning of many of the specific provisions of the Constitution has changed over time.

"Excellent . . . valuable and judicious." -Jill Lepore, The New Yorker

Author Bio

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Richard Beeman (1942-2016) was a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of five previous books on the history of revolutionary America; his biography of Patrick Henry was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has received awards from, among others, the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and he has served as Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University. He has also served as a trustee and vice-chair of the Distinguished Scholars Panel of the National Constitution Center.