The book “Private Property and the Limits of American Constitutionalism: The Madisonian Framework and Its Legacy” by Jennifer Nedelsky can be acclaimed as one of the most progressive works in the area of constitutional research. The book discusses a row of issues related to private property and its protection in the Constitution of the United States. Within the book the audience will find a logical and coherent argument written in an innovative way raising a variety of important questions concerning the status of private property in the American society and the way this status affects all the main parts of the state. Jennifer Nedelsky, the book’s author is a well-known American politologist who works on the faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. Generally, the book can be evaluated as a fine piece on the Constitution of the United States and private property in it providing sustainable data and an interesting layout.
The book begins with the address to the themes of private propriety and American Constitutional Government. Then it steps into historical developments in the understanding of the concept of private property in the Constitution of the United States including Madison’s, Morris’ and Wilson’s positions. Discussing the contradictions addressed in the book under consideration, it should be stated that they are addressed in a way easy for understanding and evaluating their results for the well-being of the citizens of the country. In addition, the book presents a thorough research on the way these contradictions involve all the social layers of the American society and how they affect it.
With regards to the author’s style, it should be said that it is rather interesting and quite innovative, it can even be said that it is a little bit revolutionary. The strengths of her style is in her ability to make every reader interested and involved into a conversation. The book is developed in a single narrative voice which is so convenient for its understanding. Reflecting on the information related by Jennifer Nedelsky in her book, I would say that it is well structured and logically developed. The book provides its audience with considerable facts and numerous interesting details. I especially enjoyed the parts relating the information concerning Madisonian vision of private property and James Wilson’s concept. The primary purpose of this book seems to involve the citizens into a new dialogue concerning the meaning of private property for the United States political and state system.
In conclusion, the book “Private Property and the Limits of American Constitutionalism: The Madisonian Framework and Its Legacy” written by Jennifer Nedelsky can be described as successful and efficient work on the Constitution of the United States which fully accomplishes its goal to initiate a new dialogue in the area of understanding the importance of private propriety for the political and state system of the country. The book features an innovative, logical, coherent and chronologically organized argument which makes it really convenient for understanding of its ideas. Reading this book has gotten me into thinking about the real meaning of private propriety concept for the well-being of the country and its citizens; additionally, it encouraged me to think about the other possible concepts of private property understanding which could be adopted in the United States.