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We the elites : why the US constitution serves the few
- Author / Creator
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- Summary
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A new, radical reading of the US constitution.
Details
- Creator
- Robert Ovetz
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- London : Pluto Press, [2022]
- ©2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9780745344744, 9780745344720, 9780745344720
- Includes index.
- Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The United States, Democracy or Republic? -- 1. The Framers' Vision -- 2. Preamble: "Intoxicating Draughts of Liberty Run Mad" -- 3. Congress: Justice to Property -- 4. Congress: Designed for Inefficiency -- 5. Congress: Power of the Purse -- 6. The Executive: The Rule of One -- 7. The Executive: Unrestrained Global Guardian of Property -- 8. The Judiciary: The Servant above His Master -- 9. Amendments and Ratification: An Act of Force and Not of Right -- 10. Beyond the Constitution -- Notes -- Index