View of the Constitution of the United States
George Tucker
With Selected Writings
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Release Date: 01/01/1999
With Selected Writings
Includes Tucker's commentary on the United States constitution after its ratification and amendment by the Bill of Rights. The text also contains seven other essays by the author including "On the Study of Law", "Of the Unwritten, or Common Law of England" and "Of the Several Forms of Government".
St George Tucker's "View of the Constitution", published in 1803, was the first extended, systematic commentary on the United States Constitution after its ratification. Generations learned their Blackstone and their understanding of the Constitution through Tucker.