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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... establishing good government from reflection and choice , or whether they are forever destined to depend , for their political constitutions , on accident and force.3 Since the beginning of the seventeenth century , the Americans have ...
... establishing good government from reflection and choice , or whether they are forever destined to depend , for their political constitutions , on accident and force.3 Since the beginning of the seventeenth century , the Americans have ...
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... establishing civil societies along republican lines . John Adams captured the intellectual element of the founder's ... establish the wisest and happiest government that human wisdom can contrive ? Expressing the views of most Americans ...
... establishing civil societies along republican lines . John Adams captured the intellectual element of the founder's ... establish the wisest and happiest government that human wisdom can contrive ? Expressing the views of most Americans ...
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... Establishing the Government of this prov- ince of New Yorke and that Justice and Right may be Equally done to all ... establish a union of those colonies ( as in the proposed Albany Plan of Union ) , states ( as in the Articles of ...
... Establishing the Government of this prov- ince of New Yorke and that Justice and Right may be Equally done to all ... establish a union of those colonies ( as in the proposed Albany Plan of Union ) , states ( as in the Articles of ...
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... established , to adopt such Govern- ment as shall in the opinion of the Representatives of the People best conduce ... establish constitutional governments at an unparal- leled rate . New Hampshire was the first , adopting a provisional ...
... established , to adopt such Govern- ment as shall in the opinion of the Representatives of the People best conduce ... establish constitutional governments at an unparal- leled rate . New Hampshire was the first , adopting a provisional ...
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... established the framework of the American territorial system ; when joined with Article IV of the United States Constitution of 1787 , this ordinance made it possible to admit new states and to expand the American republic without ...
... established the framework of the American territorial system ; when joined with Article IV of the United States Constitution of 1787 , this ordinance made it possible to admit new states and to expand the American republic without ...
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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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