TY - BOOK AU - Rakove,Jack N. TI - Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution SN - 0679781218 (pbk.) : AV - KF4541 .R35 1997 U1 - 342.73/029347.30229 20 PY - 1997///, c1996 CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Constitutional history KW - United States KW - Constitutional law KW - Grondwetten KW - gtt KW - Ontstaansgeschiedenis KW - Politieke aspecten KW - Betekenis N1 - Originally published in hardcover: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1996; Includes bibliographical references and index; The perils of originalism. -- The road to Philadelphia. -- The Madisonian moment. -- The politics of constitution-making. -- The concept of ratification. -- Debating the Constitution. -- Federalism. -- The mirror of representation. -- Creating the presidency. -- Rights. -- Madison and the origins of originalism N2 - Reassessing the original intentions of the ratifiers of the U.S. Constitution, the author examines debates over ratification, the political issues of the era, and the roles of Madison and others UR - http://www.archive.org/details/originalmeanings00rako UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL7701268M ER -