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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... laws have been passed , they are often organized into a set of ordinances which brings all the laws on a given topic together in one place and puts them in a logical order . Otherwise they remain scattered through the records of the ...
... laws have been passed , they are often organized into a set of ordinances which brings all the laws on a given topic together in one place and puts them in a logical order . Otherwise they remain scattered through the records of the ...
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... laws . C. Beginning on the second Thursday in April , the General Court met again , and its first item of business was to hold elections . Then it passed laws . The entire meeting , involving both activities , was called the Court of ...
... laws . C. Beginning on the second Thursday in April , the General Court met again , and its first item of business was to hold elections . Then it passed laws . The entire meeting , involving both activities , was called the Court of ...
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... Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof ; and all the Treaties made , or which shall be made , under the Authority of the United States , shall be the supreme Law of the Land . . . . ' Unlike the Mayflower ...
... Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof ; and all the Treaties made , or which shall be made , under the Authority of the United States , shall be the supreme Law of the Land . . . . ' Unlike the Mayflower ...
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... laws . The formulation thus implies that all branches of govern- ment are in agreement with the decision and are bound by it . 2 The legislature was called a " court , " or the General Court . This should not be confused with a court of law ...
... laws . The formulation thus implies that all branches of govern- ment are in agreement with the decision and are bound by it . 2 The legislature was called a " court , " or the General Court . This should not be confused with a court of law ...
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... laws with the advice and consent of the settlers . New York's patent contained no such restriction . From the start ... law code , culled mostly from New England sources and then modified in a more authoritarian direction . For example ...
... laws with the advice and consent of the settlers . New York's patent contained no such restriction . From the start ... law code , culled mostly from New England sources and then modified in a more authoritarian direction . For example ...
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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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