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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Citizen's Constitution: An Annotated Guidedi Seth Lipsky
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 I learned that fact, which calls to mind the adage “better never than late,” from Seth Lipsky’s entertaining annotation of the Constitution. “The Citizen’s Constitution” is a magpie’s miscellany of curiosities. It is governed by a newspaperman’s sensibility, one more interested in conflict and color than order and synthesis. Lipsky, the former editor of The Forward and the founding editor of The New York Sun, is particularly good on the Constitution’s first two articles, which concern Congress and the presidency. He likes rascals and absurdities.
Pocket versions of the Constitution of the United States of America abound, as do multi-volume commentaries, scholarly histories of its writing, and political posturings of various clauses. But what if you want a delightfully quick, witty, and readable reference that, in one compact volume, places the document and its clauses into context? You're out of luck -- until now. Written by Seth Lipsky, described in the Boston Globe as "a legendary figure in contemporary journalism,&" The Citizen's Constitution draws on the writings of the Founders, case law from our greatest judges, and current events in more than 300 illuminating annotations. Lipsky provides a no-nonsense, entertaining, and learned guide to the fundamental questions surrounding the document that governs how we govern our country. Every American should know the Constitution. Rarely has it glinted so brightly. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)342.7302Social sciences Law Constitutional and administrative law North America Constitutional law--United States Basic instruments of Government, the US constitutionClassificazione LCVotoMedia: (4.25)
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Lipsky does a great job, talking history, court cases, what the Founders were saying, etc. There are many fine explications, many nuggets of history I never knew about, lots of references to Supreme Court cases and modern-day political matters. Lipsky's writing is lucid and energetic, never too verbose or long-winded. There are a bevy of "endnotes" of the horrid modern kind (i.e. 117 "this text" this citation) - which I hate. But citations are there. An index is provided.
The layout was a bit weird, but it worked okay. There should be a bibliography of selected texts. And then there were many areas where I was expecting some explanation, some explication, and there was nothing there. Like, for instance, how can you talk about the Fourteenth Amendment and not mention (I kept waiting for the annotation footnote, it never came!) United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the case that established birthright citizenship in the US. The current debate on immigration revolves all around birthright citizenship, but... no mention here. There were other such incidents.
"Write your own book then, Tucker!" I have no time. But maybe one day.
Good book if you can get it cheap. (