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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... Federal De- mocracy , " held in Big Sky , Montana , in the summer of 1984 , with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities . Organized by the Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple Uni- versity , the ...
... Federal De- mocracy , " held in Big Sky , Montana , in the summer of 1984 , with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities . Organized by the Center for the Study of Federalism at Temple Uni- versity , the ...
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... federal principle of organizing pol- ities by distributing and sharing power between general and constituent governments . The reader can trace these ideas in the two stages of the founding process brought together in this collection ...
... federal principle of organizing pol- ities by distributing and sharing power between general and constituent governments . The reader can trace these ideas in the two stages of the founding process brought together in this collection ...
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... federal grant of ex- clusive rights to an invention or process for a specified term of years — is but one kind of " patent " under the English constitution and common law . According to Donald S. Lutz , a colonial charter usually 6 ...
... federal grant of ex- clusive rights to an invention or process for a specified term of years — is but one kind of " patent " under the English constitution and common law . According to Donald S. Lutz , a colonial charter usually 6 ...
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... federal republic , etc. ) , au- 9 Lutz , Origins , 35 . 10 The first four elements are drawn from Donald Lutz's commentaries in this collection . thority of the constitution ( for example , popular sovereignty INTRODUCTION 7.
... federal republic , etc. ) , au- 9 Lutz , Origins , 35 . 10 The first four elements are drawn from Donald Lutz's commentaries in this collection . thority of the constitution ( for example , popular sovereignty INTRODUCTION 7.
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... federal system , composed of constituent and federal ( or confederal ) constitutions , both types of constitutions may well be incomplete because each type is intended to complement the other . Framers also omit elements of a ...
... federal system , composed of constituent and federal ( or confederal ) constitutions , both types of constitutions may well be incomplete because each type is intended to complement the other . Framers also omit elements of a ...
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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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