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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... Assemblies or Courts , the on [ e ] the second thurs- day in April , the other the second thursday in September , following ; 3 Reprinted from Francis Newton Thorpe , ed . , The Federal and State Constitutions , Colonial Charters , and ...
... Assemblies or Courts , the on [ e ] the second thurs- day in April , the other the second thursday in September , following ; 3 Reprinted from Francis Newton Thorpe , ed . , The Federal and State Constitutions , Colonial Charters , and ...
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... Assembly or by goeing and sending from howse to howse [ house to house ] , that at a place and tyme by him or them lymited [ limited ] and sett , they meet and as- semble them selves togather to elect and chuse certen [ certain ] dep ...
... Assembly or by goeing and sending from howse to howse [ house to house ] , that at a place and tyme by him or them lymited [ limited ] and sett , they meet and as- semble them selves togather to elect and chuse certen [ certain ] dep ...
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... assembly and called , in 1683 , “ The Charter of Libertyes and priviledges . " The 1691 version revived and amended the original text . The 1683 document has been intensely studied . Its 1691 counterpart is seldom even mentioned . Most ...
... assembly and called , in 1683 , “ The Charter of Libertyes and priviledges . " The 1691 version revived and amended the original text . The 1683 document has been intensely studied . Its 1691 counterpart is seldom even mentioned . Most ...
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... assembly of representatives from those towns that met for ten days at Hempstead in 1665 . 1 Nicolls to Mr. John Howell and Capt . John Young , Dec. 1 , 1664 , Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan et al . , eds . , Documents relative to the ...
... assembly of representatives from those towns that met for ten days at Hempstead in 1665 . 1 Nicolls to Mr. John Howell and Capt . John Young , Dec. 1 , 1664 , Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan et al . , eds . , Documents relative to the ...
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... assembly were not pleased to learn that no other legislative body of its kind would meet again , that the duke would not even give them a continuing voice in levying taxes , and that their only functions were to accept the Duke's Laws ...
... assembly were not pleased to learn that no other legislative body of its kind would meet again , that the duke would not even give them a continuing voice in levying taxes , and that their only functions were to accept the Duke's Laws ...
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