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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... legislative districts . Arrangement of offices , setting out elected and appointed offices and establishing qualifications , duration , and other relevant characteristics of those offices . Powers of government , including provisions ...
... legislative districts . Arrangement of offices , setting out elected and appointed offices and establishing qualifications , duration , and other relevant characteristics of those offices . Powers of government , including provisions ...
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... legislative histories , correspon- dence , and other material for further insights into the reflections and choices of the Revolutionary generation that founded the American republic . Why These Documents ? The American system was built ...
... legislative histories , correspon- dence , and other material for further insights into the reflections and choices of the Revolutionary generation that founded the American republic . Why These Documents ? The American system was built ...
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... legislative , exec- utive , and judicial branches , and which served as a model for most of the state constitutions drafted in the late 1780s and afterward . This collection presents the state constitutions of Virginia , New York , and ...
... legislative , exec- utive , and judicial branches , and which served as a model for most of the state constitutions drafted in the late 1780s and afterward . This collection presents the state constitutions of Virginia , New York , and ...
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... legislative calendar which ascribes communal ritual to the polity . Consider the basic outline of the institutions and processes of government . A. The legislature was called the General Court . The General Court met twice a year ...
... legislative calendar which ascribes communal ritual to the polity . Consider the basic outline of the institutions and processes of government . A. The legislature was called the General Court . The General Court met twice a year ...
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... legislative body . Second , the towns continued to have their own governments . The town meetings , composed of its freemen , elected a mayor and a town council , often called a council of selectmen . The mayor functioned exactly like ...
... legislative body . Second , the towns continued to have their own governments . The town meetings , composed of its freemen , elected a mayor and a town council , often called a council of selectmen . The mayor functioned exactly like ...
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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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