Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 01 նոյ, 1991 թ. - 472 էջ 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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... VII . John Adams's 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.
... VII . John Adams's 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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American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter. IX . The Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution , 1776 150 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz X. The New York State Constitution , 1777 166 Commentary by Stephen L ...
American Founding Documents Interpreted Stephen L. Schechter. IX . The Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution , 1776 150 Commentary by Donald S. Lutz X. The New York State Constitution , 1777 166 Commentary by Stephen L ...
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... Virginia , New York , and Massachusetts to illustrate the progression of constitutional thought in the states during the Revolutionary era.12 While state lawmakers were wrestling with the problems of con- stitution - making , the Second ...
... Virginia , New York , and Massachusetts to illustrate the progression of constitutional thought in the states during the Revolutionary era.12 While state lawmakers were wrestling with the problems of con- stitution - making , the Second ...
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... Virginia's ratification of the Bill of Rights added the first ten amendments to the federal Constitution.13 The reformulation of the American constitutional system took nearly five years , from the calling of the Federal Convention by ...
... Virginia's ratification of the Bill of Rights added the first ten amendments to the federal Constitution.13 The reformulation of the American constitutional system took nearly five years , from the calling of the Federal Convention by ...
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... 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 attempt to forge the kind of ...
... 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 attempt to forge the kind of ...
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