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Published in: Society 1/2008

01-02-2008 | Book Review

Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison: By Stephen L. Elkin

University of Chicago Press; Chicago: 2006, 413 pp, $35.00, ISBN-10: 0226201341; ISBN-13: 978-0226201344

Author: B. Jeffrey Reno

Published in: Society | Issue 1/2008

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There is a distinct body of scholarship on the American Constitution focusing on the apparent hypocrisy of the founding generation. The framers revered freedom and equality, but many owned slaves and most were wealthy land owners. They praised democracy, but designed institutions that limit participation, and they spoke of the common good but fashioned a civil society based on self-interest and keeping people apart rather than drawing them together. …
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Title
Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison: By Stephen L. Elkin
University of Chicago Press; Chicago: 2006, 413 pp, $35.00, ISBN-10: 0226201341; ISBN-13: 978-0226201344
Author
B. Jeffrey Reno
Publication date
01-02-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Society / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-007-9051-7

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