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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... Conventions of the United Colonies , where no Governments sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established , to adopt such Govern- ment as shall in the opinion of the Representatives of the People best conduce ...
... Conventions of the United Colonies , where no Governments sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established , to adopt such Govern- ment as shall in the opinion of the Representatives of the People best conduce ...
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... Theory between the Declaration of Independence and the Meeting of the Philadelphia Convention , ” American Historical Review 30 ( 1925 ) : 511-36 . tion , fitting into place with the Declaration of Independence INTRODUCTION 13.
... Theory between the Declaration of Independence and the Meeting of the Philadelphia Convention , ” American Historical Review 30 ( 1925 ) : 511-36 . tion , fitting into place with the Declaration of Independence INTRODUCTION 13.
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... Convention by the Confederation Congress in February of 1787 to Virginia's ratification of the Bill of Rights in December of 1791. Its evolution was the result both of constitutional design and of political compromise . The selections ...
... Convention by the Confederation Congress in February of 1787 to Virginia's ratification of the Bill of Rights in December of 1791. Its evolution was the result both of constitutional design and of political compromise . The selections ...
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... Convention , prepared at the request of the Common Council . One of the first mentions of reprinting the Dongan charter occurred near the end of the nineteenth century when the New York State Statutory Revision Commission was directed ...
... Convention , prepared at the request of the Common Council . One of the first mentions of reprinting the Dongan charter occurred near the end of the nineteenth century when the New York State Statutory Revision Commission was directed ...
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