America's Constitution

In America's Constitution: A Biography, Akhil Reed Amar attempts to weave together several different strands of study. The Constitution is usually studied from one of three viewpoints: that of law, that of political science, and that of history. Amar's stated goal is to work from all three vantages at once, showing how they illuminate one another. How well he achieves this, I am not qualified to judge, but I will say that I found the book enlightening.

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