Bøger af Ralph L. Ketcham

Although the last half of the 20th century has been called the Age of Democracy, the 21st has already demonstrated the fragility of democratic government. Reassessing the fate of democracy, Ralph Ketcham traces the evolution of this idea over the course of four hundred years.

What makes the American Constitution a paramount law, one that supersedes the laws passed by Congress and state legislatures? This book sets out to recover the enduring principles, purposes and meanings that inform the founders' charter and continue to offer political guidance today.

A biography of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, who was elected in 1809. Ketchman provides an analysis of his political theory and of the way in which he sought to apply it to the establishment of constitutional government.