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Constitutional Convention Debates

Constitutional Convention Debates is a scholarly construct in political theory that refers to the formal, deliberative exchanges among delegates at the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention through which the structural and functional principles of the separation of powers were negotiated and institutionally embedded in the U.S. Constitution.

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2017–2026

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Publications

106

The Art of Political Manipulation, <i>by William H. Riker</i>

David L. Garth · Political Science Quarterly · 1987 · 905 citations

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Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787

S. Sidney Ulmer, James Madison · The Western Political Quarterly · 1966 · 182 citations

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Canadian Constitutional Conventions: The Marriage of Law and Politics

Lynda P. S. Covello, Andrew Heard · Canadian Public Policy · 1992 · 96 citations

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Contract or Conversation? Theoretical Lessons from the Canadian Constitutional Crisis

Simone Chambers · Politics & Society · 1998 · 90 citations

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We the People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution

Thaddeus W. Tate, Forrest McDonald · The William and Mary Quarterly · 1959 · 79 citations

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Authors

121

  1. SM
    Stephen M. Gardiner

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 98 citations

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  2. FM
    Forrest McDonald

    University of Alabama, United States

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  3. CC
    Calvin C. Jillson

    Louisiana State University, United States

    3 publications · 126 citations

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  4. JD
    John Dinan

    Wake Forest University, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  5. JB
    James Brown Scott

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    2 publications · 27 citations

    2

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Institutions

50

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  2. University College Cork

    Cork, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  4. American University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  5. University College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

  6. Dublin City University

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    71 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  8. Roosevelt University

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 424 citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 8 publications · 205 citations

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  3. The William and Mary Quarterly

    6 publications · 225 citations

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3 publications · 45 citations

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  5. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review

    3 publications · 65 citations

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