The Authoritative Constitution: A Reading of the Ratification Debates

Date

1990

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Volume Title

Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Discusses the ratification debates for the U.S. Constitution in 1787. The author focuses on the debate between the Federalist and Antifederalist. Overall the struggle for ratification had to do with how binding, inclusive in scope, and powerful the Constitution would be.

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Keywords

U.S. Constitution, Ratification, Articles of Confederation, Federalist, Antifederalists, Declaration of Independence

Citation

21 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 2349