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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... Mayor William Beekman and six aldermen , requesting the continuation of the " ancient customs , privileges and immunities " granted on June 12 , 1665 , by Governor Rich- ard Nicolls in the first English charter for the city . That ...
... Mayor William Beekman and six aldermen , requesting the continuation of the " ancient customs , privileges and immunities " granted on June 12 , 1665 , by Governor Rich- ard Nicolls in the first English charter for the city . That ...
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... city . The preamble to the 1686 charter again describes New York as an " ancient " city . The next two sections confirm " privileges and immun- ities " to mayor , aldermen , sheriff , and citizens . The corporation was given right and ...
... city . The preamble to the 1686 charter again describes New York as an " ancient " city . The next two sections confirm " privileges and immun- ities " to mayor , aldermen , sheriff , and citizens . The corporation was given right and ...
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... city offices by title and character . These included the mayor , recorder , town clerk , six aldermen , six assistants , a chamberlain or treas- urer , marshall , coroner , clerk of the market , high constable ( a city of- ficial ) ...
... city offices by title and character . These included the mayor , recorder , town clerk , six aldermen , six assistants , a chamberlain or treas- urer , marshall , coroner , clerk of the market , high constable ( a city of- ficial ) ...
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... mayor , recorder , aldermen , or the mayor and any three aldermen to appoint free citizens . Freemanship permitted a person to vote and to carry on a retail trade or to exercise ' any art trade mistery or manuall occupation " without ...
... mayor , recorder , aldermen , or the mayor and any three aldermen to appoint free citizens . Freemanship permitted a person to vote and to carry on a retail trade or to exercise ' any art trade mistery or manuall occupation " without ...
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... Mayor Aldermen and Sherriffe of the Citty of New Yorke sometimes by the name of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Citty of New Yorke and by Diverse other names As by their severall Letters pattents Charters Grants writeings Records and ...
... Mayor Aldermen and Sherriffe of the Citty of New Yorke sometimes by the name of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Citty of New Yorke and by Diverse other names As by their severall Letters pattents Charters Grants writeings Records and ...
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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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