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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... thereof ; and all the Treaties made , or which shall be made , under the Authority of the United States , shall be the supreme Law of the Land . . . . ' Unlike the Mayflower Compact , the Fundamental Orders of Con- necticut used a ...
... thereof ; and all the Treaties made , or which shall be made , under the Authority of the United States , shall be the supreme Law of the Land . . . . ' Unlike the Mayflower Compact , the Fundamental Orders of Con- necticut used a ...
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... thereof according to the rule of the word of God ; which choise . shall be made by all that are admitted freemen3 and have taken the Oath of Fidellity , and doe cohabitte9 within this Jurisdiction , ( having beene admitted Inhabitants ...
... thereof according to the rule of the word of God ; which choise . shall be made by all that are admitted freemen3 and have taken the Oath of Fidellity , and doe cohabitte9 within this Jurisdiction , ( having beene admitted Inhabitants ...
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... thereof , or the Major parte of them , shall petition to them soe to doe : if then yt be e [ i ] ther denyed or neglected the said Freemen or the Major parte of them shall have power to give order to the Constables of the severall ...
... thereof , or the Major parte of them , shall petition to them soe to doe : if then yt be e [ i ] ther denyed or neglected the said Freemen or the Major parte of them shall have power to give order to the Constables of the severall ...
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... thereof.1 3. THAT in Case the Governour shall dye or be absent out of the province and that there be noe person within the said province Com- issionated by his Royal Highnesse his heires or Successours to be Gov- ernour or Comander in ...
... thereof.1 3. THAT in Case the Governour shall dye or be absent out of the province and that there be noe person within the said province Com- issionated by his Royal Highnesse his heires or Successours to be Gov- ernour or Comander in ...
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American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter. the Lawes thereof and powers and authorityes belonging to the Gov- ernour and Councell the first in nominacon in which Councell is to preside untill the said Governour shall ...
American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter. the Lawes thereof and powers and authorityes belonging to the Gov- ernour and Councell the first in nominacon in which Councell is to preside untill the said Governour shall ...
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