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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... Judge Sol Wachtler , for his inspiration and support for this project . Dean John E. Sexton of New York University School of Law pro- vided Richard Bernstein with the office support needed to work on this and other Commission ...
... Judge Sol Wachtler , for his inspiration and support for this project . Dean John E. Sexton of New York University School of Law pro- vided Richard Bernstein with the office support needed to work on this and other Commission ...
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... judge requisitt . 4. It is Ordered , sentenced and decreed that noe person be chosen Governor above once in two yeares , 1o and that the Governor be always a member of some approved congregation , and formerly of the Mages- tracy within ...
... judge requisitt . 4. It is Ordered , sentenced and decreed that noe person be chosen Governor above once in two yeares , 1o and that the Governor be always a member of some approved congregation , and formerly of the Mages- tracy within ...
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... judge meete , 23 a re [ a ] sonable proportion to the number of Freemen that are in the said Townes being to be attended therein ; which deputyes shall have the power of the whole Towne to give their voats [ votes ] and al [ 1 ] ...
... judge meete , 23 a re [ a ] sonable proportion to the number of Freemen that are in the said Townes being to be attended therein ; which deputyes shall have the power of the whole Towne to give their voats [ votes ] and al [ 1 ] ...
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... judges with almost no discretionary authority . As pacifists , they made no military demands on any settlers they might attract , and they promised complete religious toleration with no taxes for the support of any church . One of these ...
... judges with almost no discretionary authority . As pacifists , they made no military demands on any settlers they might attract , and they promised complete religious toleration with no taxes for the support of any church . One of these ...
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... judge he [ Leisler ] is little acquainted " with the " Laws and Liberties of the English Na- tion . " This claim was much exaggerated , but Leisler became ever more vulnerable to such charges . People believed them . Leisler did know ...
... judge he [ Leisler ] is little acquainted " with the " Laws and Liberties of the English Na- tion . " This claim was much exaggerated , but Leisler became ever more vulnerable to such charges . People believed them . Leisler did know ...
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