Righteous Anger at the Wicked States

This book explains the adoption of the U.S. Constitution in terms of what the proponents were trying to accomplish.

Autorentext

Calvin H. Johnson is the Andrews and Kurth Centennial Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia College (Philosophy) and his law degree from Stanford. Before entering teaching, he was a tax lawyer with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison in New York and with the US Treasury Department.

Klappentext

This book explains the adoption of the US Constitution in terms of what the proponents were trying to accomplish.

Zusammenfassung
The Constitution was a revolutionary document creating a complete three-part national government over the states. This book argues that the proponents' anger at the states for their recurring breaches of duty to the united cause explains both critical steps and the driving impetus for the revolution. Other issues were less important.

Inhalt

Introduction; Part I. The Necessity of the Constitution: 1. The rise of the righteous anger; 2. Madison's vision: requisitions and rights; 3. The superiority of the extended republic; 4. Shifting the foundations of government from the states to the people; 5. Partial losses; 6. Anti-federalism; 7. False issues; Part II. Less Convincing Factors: 8. The modesty of the original commerce clause; 9. Creditors, territories, and shaysites; 10. Hamilton's constitution; 11. The turning of Madison; Concluding summary; Acknowledgments.