TY - GEN T1 - The Constitution to The Constitution AU - Bilder, Mary Sarah AB - An overview of the reasons that the 1787 Constitution lacked the historical and legal assumptions that underlie our contemporary idea of "The Constitution." Appropriate for constitutional law courses and American history courses at the university and secondary levels. Excerpted from essay originally published in The New England Quarterly as "The Ordeal and the Constitution" and lightly edited for coherence. DA - 2018-9-12 PY - 2024 PB - unav ER -