Citizens of the United States and the Constitution

Author: Commemorative Committee for the 200th Anniversary of the U.S. Constitution
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Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book takes significant historical events in the history of American constitutionalism as the main thread, and starts from important philosophical ideas such as natural rights philosophy and historical background that influenced the drafting of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It describes the origins, formation process, and inevitability of American rights and constitutional thought, the creation process of the Constitution, as well as the different views Americans held on the value of the new Constitution. It explains how the Constitution was used to establish the government, distribute power, and protect human rights, how the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution, and the development of the civil rights protected by the Bill of Rights in the history of American constitutionalism and their specific meanings. The uniqueness of this book lies in its emphasis on the important role citizens have played in the constitutional history of the United States, as well as the irreplaceable significance of the civil rights clauses in the Constitution. This book can serve as supplementary teaching material for law students studying foreign constitutional law courses, and can also provide references for researchers and educators engaged in foreign constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, foreign legal history, and American studies, as well as for individuals in the judicial sector interested in learning about the U.S. Constitution.