Those Indispensable Articles of Confederation-Stage in Constitutionalism, Passage for the Framers, and Clue to the Nature of the Constitution

Authors

Arthur R. Landever, Cleveland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1989

Publication Title

Arizona Law Review

Keywords

articles of confederation, constitution

Abstract

The author considers the Articles, first on the world's stage as a landmark. He next treats the Articles as a means of readying the Framers for constitution-making in 1787. The Articles would be a crucible, training ground, and failed model to draw upon. He then discusses the pragmatic and complex legal culture which produced the Articles, and ultimately, our open-textured Constitution.

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Repository Citation

Arthur R. Landever, Those Indispensable Articles of Confederation-Stage in Constitutionalism, Passage for the Framers, and Clue to the Nature of the Constitution, 31 Arizona Law Review 79 (1989).

Volume

31

Issue

1