Principals and Agents
The relationships of principals and agents are sometimes complex, and there are many factors which influence the liability of each. This lesson explains that the principal is responsible for many of the acts of the agent and discusses what a princip...
Ratification Debate, The
Historian and author Bernard Bailyn talks about the importance of the ratification debate for the eventual success of the United States Constitution. "Once it was clear that there would be amendments to it that would carry the principles of the Anti...
Living Constitution, The: Close Call, A
As the state ratifying conventions continue results are not as predictable. A number of states like Massachusetts are closely divided; several had Anti-Federalist majorities. Rhode Island rejects the Constitution by popular referendum. What happens ...