The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution
Autor Linda R. Monken Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 feb 2004
InThe Words We Live By, award-winning author and journalist Linda R. Monk explores the many interpretations of the Constitution's text in a balanced manner.The Words We Live Bypresents a new way of looking at the Constitution through entertaining and informative annotations--filled with the stories of the people behind the Supreme Court cases and historical perspective, along with enough surprises and fascinating facts and illustrations to prove that the Constitution is every bit as relevant today as it was in 1787.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780786886203
ISBN-10: 078688620X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 178 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 078688620X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 178 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
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Recenzii
"A
wonderfully
accessible
yet
deeply
insightful
guide
to
our
Constitution
that
should
be
read
and
enjoyed
by
a
wide
audience
of
old
and
young
alike."—Doris
Kearns
Goodwin,
Pulitzer
Prize-winning
historian
"I have never before seen so clear an explanation of what's in the Constitution and why. Monk has provided a service to the nation that should earn her a Presidential Medal of Freedom."—Nat Hentoff, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
"A book for 'We the People' of all ages--wonderfully simple but never simplistic, brimming with profound and provocative ideas."—Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University
"Linda Monk takes us on a lively and learned exploration of the document that underlies not only how we Americans govern ourselves but how we make sense of the world. Anyone readingThe Words We Live Bywill finish it with a greater understanding of the Constitution and a new respect for how it has secured freedom and self-government for the last two centuries."—Steve Chapman, syndicated columnist,Chicago Tribune
"[Linda Monk] captures just the right blend of history and current events to help us understand why the Constitution is America's cornerstone of freedom."—Charles Overby, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor and Chairman of the Overby Center of Southern Journalism and Politics
"When I covered federal courts in Washington at the foot of Capitol Hill, I readThe Words We Live Byall the time. When I stopped covering the courts, I still read it all the time. Smart, informed, witty--just the way everyone wants to sound when discussing the Constitution."—Neely Tucker, staff writer,Washington Post
"The U.S. Constitution gets a comprehensive overview in this engaging blend of history and commentary. Monk . . . traces the history and consequences of each part of this vital document in a line-by-line analysis of the original seven articles and the 27 amendments. She also gives even-handed but lively accounts of the debates over such Constitutional controversies as the right to bear arms, the right to privacy, church-state separation, and capital punishment."—Citation for Chief of Staff of the Air Force 2012 Reading List
"This volume ought to be required reading for every American young and old."—Governor William Winter, Chairman Emeritus of the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
"Fora fine guide to the full context of today's Constitution, readThe Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to theConstitutionby the scholar Linda R. Monk, which labors to provideinclusive context, including materials on "outsiders" to the Constitution suchas Native American people."—The Atlantic
"I have never before seen so clear an explanation of what's in the Constitution and why. Monk has provided a service to the nation that should earn her a Presidential Medal of Freedom."—Nat Hentoff, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
"A book for 'We the People' of all ages--wonderfully simple but never simplistic, brimming with profound and provocative ideas."—Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University
"Finally,
a
book
that
presents
all
sides
of
constitutional
issues."
—Linda
Chavez,
Chairman
of
the
Center
for
Equal
Opportunity
and
FOX
News
Channel
contributor"Linda Monk takes us on a lively and learned exploration of the document that underlies not only how we Americans govern ourselves but how we make sense of the world. Anyone readingThe Words We Live Bywill finish it with a greater understanding of the Constitution and a new respect for how it has secured freedom and self-government for the last two centuries."—Steve Chapman, syndicated columnist,Chicago Tribune
"[Linda Monk] captures just the right blend of history and current events to help us understand why the Constitution is America's cornerstone of freedom."—Charles Overby, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper editor and Chairman of the Overby Center of Southern Journalism and Politics
"When I covered federal courts in Washington at the foot of Capitol Hill, I readThe Words We Live Byall the time. When I stopped covering the courts, I still read it all the time. Smart, informed, witty--just the way everyone wants to sound when discussing the Constitution."—Neely Tucker, staff writer,Washington Post
"The U.S. Constitution gets a comprehensive overview in this engaging blend of history and commentary. Monk . . . traces the history and consequences of each part of this vital document in a line-by-line analysis of the original seven articles and the 27 amendments. She also gives even-handed but lively accounts of the debates over such Constitutional controversies as the right to bear arms, the right to privacy, church-state separation, and capital punishment."—Citation for Chief of Staff of the Air Force 2012 Reading List
"This volume ought to be required reading for every American young and old."—Governor William Winter, Chairman Emeritus of the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
"Fora fine guide to the full context of today's Constitution, readThe Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to theConstitutionby the scholar Linda R. Monk, which labors to provideinclusive context, including materials on "outsiders" to the Constitution suchas Native American people."—The Atlantic