The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution
Professor Gerald F. Leonard and distinguished scholars discuss his new book about constitutionalism in the founding era.
BU Law welcomed a panel of scholars to celebrate Professor Gerald F. Leonard‘s new book, The Partisan Republic: Democracy, Exclusion, and the Fall of the Founders’ Constitution, 1780s-1830s, coauthored by Saul Cornell of Fordham University.
Leonard and Cornell’s book focuses on the constitutional change during the founding era from an elitist, anti-party vision of the Constitution to a more ‘democratic’ vision which gave way to the exclusion of women and people of color. The book examines the development of the Constitution as influenced by social, political, cultural and institutional factors, rather than just the courts.
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