Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2023
Written by a leading scholar of the constitutional amending process, this two-volume encyclopedia, now in its fifth edition, is an indispensable resource for students, legal historians, and high school and college librarians.

Although only 27 amendments have been adopted to the U.S. Constitution, members of Congress have introduced more than 12,000 proposed amendments to America's founding legal document. Now in its fifth edition, this two-volume encyclopedia, written by Dr. John R. Vile, a leading authority on the constitutional amending process, offers a history and analysis of these proposed amendments and the 27 that have been ratified to date. Readers will find entries on the relevant court decisions important to amendments, the influential persons connected to amendments proposed and ratified, and both the resolved and unresolved legal issues surrounding the constitutional amending process. Included as well is an invaluable and exhaustively compiled bibliography of the books, articles, and other media related to constitutional amendments and the amending process. A staple since its original publication in 1996, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars of constitutional law, legal historians, and high school and college librarians.

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Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2023
Written by a leading scholar of the constitutional amending process, this two-volume encyclopedia, now in its fifth edition, is an indispensable resource for students, legal historians, and high school and college librarians.

Although only 27 amendments have been adopted to the U.S. Constitution, members of Congress have introduced more than 12,000 proposed amendments to America's founding legal document. Now in its fifth edition, this two-volume encyclopedia, written by Dr. John R. Vile, a leading authority on the constitutional amending process, offers a history and analysis of these proposed amendments and the 27 that have been ratified to date. Readers will find entries on the relevant court decisions important to amendments, the influential persons connected to amendments proposed and ratified, and both the resolved and unresolved legal issues surrounding the constitutional amending process. Included as well is an invaluable and exhaustively compiled bibliography of the books, articles, and other media related to constitutional amendments and the amending process. A staple since its original publication in 1996, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars of constitutional law, legal historians, and high school and college librarians.

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Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2023

Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2023

by John R. Vile
Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2023

Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2023

by John R. Vile

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Written by a leading scholar of the constitutional amending process, this two-volume encyclopedia, now in its fifth edition, is an indispensable resource for students, legal historians, and high school and college librarians.

Although only 27 amendments have been adopted to the U.S. Constitution, members of Congress have introduced more than 12,000 proposed amendments to America's founding legal document. Now in its fifth edition, this two-volume encyclopedia, written by Dr. John R. Vile, a leading authority on the constitutional amending process, offers a history and analysis of these proposed amendments and the 27 that have been ratified to date. Readers will find entries on the relevant court decisions important to amendments, the influential persons connected to amendments proposed and ratified, and both the resolved and unresolved legal issues surrounding the constitutional amending process. Included as well is an invaluable and exhaustively compiled bibliography of the books, articles, and other media related to constitutional amendments and the amending process. A staple since its original publication in 1996, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars of constitutional law, legal historians, and high school and college librarians.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440879524
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/19/2023
Edition description: 5th Revised ed.
Pages: 760
Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 10.35(h) x 2.25(d)

About the Author

John R. Vile is professor of political science and dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA.

Table of Contents

VOLUME ONE
A to Z List of Entries
About This Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Entries
VOLUME TWO

A to Z List of Entries
Entries
Appendix A. The Constitution of the United States
Appendix B. Dates Amendments Were Proposed and Ratified
Appendix C. Number of Amendments by Decade
Appendix D. Most Popular Amending Proposals by Year and Key Events, and Publications Related to Constitutional Amendments
Bibliography
List of Cases
Index
About the Author

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