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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... Thoughts on Government , 1776 118 Commentary by Richard B. Bernstein VIII . The Declaration of Independence , 1776 138 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz IX . The Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution , Contents.
... Thoughts on Government , 1776 118 Commentary by Richard B. Bernstein VIII . The Declaration of Independence , 1776 138 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz IX . The Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution , Contents.
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... Thoughts on Government ( reprinted in this collection ) : You and I , my dear Friend , have been sent into life , at a time when the greatest law givers of antiquity would have wished to have lived.- How few of the human race have ever ...
... Thoughts on Government ( reprinted in this collection ) : You and I , my dear Friend , have been sent into life , at a time when the greatest law givers of antiquity would have wished to have lived.- How few of the human race have ever ...
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... Thoughts on Government ( 1776 ) , which examines the nature of constitutions and governments . Although varying in form , commentaries provide important clues into the founders ' conceptions of civil society and of the principles and ...
... Thoughts on Government ( 1776 ) , which examines the nature of constitutions and governments . Although varying in form , commentaries provide important clues into the founders ' conceptions of civil society and of the principles and ...
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... Thoughts on Government introduces the modern reader , as it did the reader of 1776 , to the great challenge of constitution - making . Adams intended this commentary to serve as a constitution - maker's guide , and his intended readers ...
... Thoughts on Government introduces the modern reader , as it did the reader of 1776 , to the great challenge of constitution - making . Adams intended this commentary to serve as a constitution - maker's guide , and his intended readers ...
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