Private Property and the Limits of American Constitutionalism - The Madisonian Framework and Its Legacy

The United States Constitution was designed to secure the rights of individuals and minorities from the tyranny of the majority—or was it? Jennifer Nedelskys provocative study places this claim in an utterly new light, tracing its origins to the Framers preoccupation with the protection of private property. She argues that this formative focus on property has shaped our institutions, our political system, and our very understanding of limited government.

About the author

Jennifer Nedelsky is associate professor of law and political science at the University of Toronto.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Nedelsky
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.1994
• EAN: 9780226569710
• ISBN: 978-0-226-56971-0
• No. of pages: 357
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 572 g
• Series: Madisonian Framework and Its L
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law