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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... English constitution as " the most subtle organ- ism which has proceeded from progressive history " and the United States Constitution as " the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man . ” 1 1 ...
... English constitution as " the most subtle organ- ism which has proceeded from progressive history " and the United States Constitution as " the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man . ” 1 1 ...
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... English ( both written and printed ) have been eliminated - for example , the thorn ( ye ) , the tilde , superscript abbreviations , and the long and short " s . " The seventeenth - century uses of " u " instead of " v " and of " i ...
... English ( both written and printed ) have been eliminated - for example , the thorn ( ye ) , the tilde , superscript abbreviations , and the long and short " s . " The seventeenth - century uses of " u " instead of " v " and of " i ...
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... - 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 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
... - 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 ROOTS OF THE REPUBLIC.
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... English invasion of New Netherland . By contrast , the New York City Charter of 1686 shows how , twenty years later , another local community was refounded by a royal charter that was the result of complex negotiations between the city ...
... English invasion of New Netherland . By contrast , the New York City Charter of 1686 shows how , twenty years later , another local community was refounded by a royal charter that was the result of complex negotiations between the city ...
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... English colony at Roanoke , Virginia , had disappeared without a trace , and that the weather and terrain at Plymouth looked worse than at Roanoke . They would live or die together , as a group . This , their founding document , was an ...
... English colony at Roanoke , Virginia , had disappeared without a trace , and that the weather and terrain at Plymouth looked worse than at Roanoke . They would live or die together , as a group . This , their founding document , was an ...
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