Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1. nov. 1991 - 472 strani Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays that explain what they mean, why they were written, and why they are important today. Each key document is accompanied by an interpretive essay written by a contemporary scholar. These essays focus on the importance of each frame of government and include commentaries on why they are meaningful today. Intended to help readers learn how to read and understand these documents, the book is also a handy reference and a strong introduction to the development of political thought and the debates surrounding the formation of the state governments and the federal union. |
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... final editorial stages of the manuscript , as has John P. Kaminski , who has been a coach on this project from the be- ginning . A final word of thanks to Russell Sage College which I rejoined midway through this project . I thank the ...
... final editorial stages of the manuscript , as has John P. Kaminski , who has been a coach on this project from the be- ginning . A final word of thanks to Russell Sage College which I rejoined midway through this project . I thank the ...
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... final set of documents in this collection illustrate the estab- lishment of the second American constitutional system . This system , while replacing the first , did not overthrow it altogether . Rather , we can understand its ...
... final set of documents in this collection illustrate the estab- lishment of the second American constitutional system . This system , while replacing the first , did not overthrow it altogether . Rather , we can understand its ...
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... final selection is a valedictory - the last letter written by Thomas Jefferson . He wrote to Mayor Roger D. Weightman of Washington , D.C. , on June 24 , 1826 , ten days before the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ...
... final selection is a valedictory - the last letter written by Thomas Jefferson . He wrote to Mayor Roger D. Weightman of Washington , D.C. , on June 24 , 1826 , ten days before the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ...
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... final town agreed to join under the charter in 1665 , the Colony of Connecticut took the final shape known today as the State of Connecticut , and it was governed according to the system originally set out in the Fundamental Orders of ...
... final town agreed to join under the charter in 1665 , the Colony of Connecticut took the final shape known today as the State of Connecticut , and it was governed according to the system originally set out in the Fundamental Orders of ...
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... final wording of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut . As the colony's only trained lawyer , he was requested by the General Court in 1646 to draft a body of laws for the governance of the colony . The result was the Code of 1650 ...
... final wording of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut . As the colony's only trained lawyer , he was requested by the General Court in 1646 to draft a body of laws for the governance of the colony . The result was the Code of 1650 ...
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Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter Omejen predogled - 1990 |
Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter,Richard B. Bernstein,Donald S. Lutz Prikaz kratkega opisa - 1990 |
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