Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1991 M11 1 - 472 páginas 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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... Constitution , 1776 150 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz X. The New York State Constitution , 1777 166 Commentary by Stephen L. Schechter XI . The Massachusetts Constitution , 1780 188 Commentary by Richard B. Bernstein XII . The Articles ...
... Constitution , 1776 150 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz X. The New York State Constitution , 1777 166 Commentary by Stephen L. Schechter XI . The Massachusetts Constitution , 1780 188 Commentary by Richard B. Bernstein XII . The Articles ...
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... 1780 ) , this doctrine took its modern form only after a long and complex ... constitution , the areas of competence or jurisdiction within which those ... amendment procedures , for bringing the constitution into 8 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
... 1780 ) , this doctrine took its modern form only after a long and complex ... constitution , the areas of competence or jurisdiction within which those ... amendment procedures , for bringing the constitution into 8 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
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... constitution into effect and for its subsequent amendment . Amendment provisions were not commonplace until the 1780s ... constitutions , both types of constitutions may well be incomplete because each type is intended to complement the other ...
... constitution into effect and for its subsequent amendment . Amendment provisions were not commonplace until the 1780s ... constitutions , both types of constitutions may well be incomplete because each type is intended to complement the other ...
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... Constitution . John Adams's Thoughts on Government introduces the modern reader , as it did the reader of 1776 , to the great challenge of constitution - making . Adams ... Constitution of 1780 , which was the 12 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
... Constitution . John Adams's Thoughts on Government introduces the modern reader , as it did the reader of 1776 , to the great challenge of constitution - making . Adams ... Constitution of 1780 , which was the 12 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
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American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter. and the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 , which was the first to pro- vide explicitly for a separation of powers among the legislative , exec- utive , and judicial branches ...
American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter. and the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 , which was the first to pro- vide explicitly for a separation of powers among the legislative , exec- utive , and judicial branches ...
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