America's Constitution: A Biography

On this installment of "Books of Our Time" host Dean Lawrence R. Velvel will interview Akhil Amar. Amar has written a definitive account of the history of the U.S. Constitution. Amar’s stellar research yields page after page of original, invigorating insights into the birth of the American constitution.


Amar’s book will long serve as a standard reference book for scholars investigating this period as well as a starting point for those trying to ascertain the intent of the founding fathers. Amar is a professor at Yale Law School. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession.


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