01545     2200241   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036245009700056100002000153300003200173006001800205007000300223008004100226260004200267082001100309084001700320020001700337650004600354650007400400500002000474520078500494990002401279INLIS00000000000446220241023092608  a0010-05200044621 aOriginal Meanings :bpolitics and ideas in the Making of the Constitution /cRaknove Jack N.0 aRakove, Jack N.  avlll, 339 p; 24 cm ;c24 cma                ta241023                |          | eng    aUnited States :bVintage Books,c1996  a342.73  a342.73/RAK/O  a0-394-5785-9 4a1. United states - Constitutional history 4a2. United states - Constitutional law-Interpretation and Construction  aIndeks : Indeks  aFrom abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on one question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who understands its meaning best? In Original Meanings, Jack N. Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and in so doing traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing us how that document meant different things to different groups of Americans at different moments of its creation.Whether he is reopening the issues that the Constitution's framers tried to solve or reanimating the personalities of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, Rakove writes lucidly, incisively, and with an eye fixed on the contraversies that continue to rage around the Constitution  a01359/MKRI-P/I-2005