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Jack Rakove is the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and (by courtesy) law at Stanford, where he has taught since 1980. His principal areas of research include the origins of the American Revolution and Constitution, the political practice and theory of James Madison, and the role of historical knowledge in constitutional litigation. He is the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize in History, and Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America (2010), which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize, and the editor of seven others, including The Unfinished Elect...more

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	Founding America: Documents from the Revolution to the Bill of Rights by Jack N. Rakove (Introduction), George Stade (Editor) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (Library of American Biography Series) 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Federalist: The Essential Essays, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay by Jack N. Rakove (Editor), James Madison, John Jay 4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unfinished Election Of 2000: Leading Scholars Examine America's Strangest Election 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interpreting The Constitution: The Debate Over Original Intent 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“How could those who wrote the Constitution possibly understand its meaning better than those who had the experience of observing and participating in its operation? It is one thing to rail against the evils of politically unaccountable judges enlarging constitutional rights beyond the ideas and purposes of their adopters; another to explain why morally sustainable claims of equality be held captive to the extraordinary obstacles of Article V or subject to the partial and incomplete understandings of 1789 or 1868.”
― Jack N. Rakove, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution

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