The Authoritative Constitution: A Reading of the Ratification Debates
Date
1990
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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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U.S. Constitution, Ratification, Articles of Confederation, Federalist, Antifederalists, Declaration of Independence
Citation
21 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 2349