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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... council of elders to run the church . Even the minister was elected , or hired , by the congregation . Church matters were often subjected to vote by the membership . All in all , members of the church had much to say about how things ...
... council of elders to run the church . Even the minister was elected , or hired , by the congregation . Church matters were often subjected to vote by the membership . All in all , members of the church had much to say about how things ...
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... council , often called a council of selectmen . The mayor functioned exactly like the governor on the local level , and the selectmen func- tioned locally exactly as the magistrates did at the colony level . Deputies stood in for the ...
... council , often called a council of selectmen . The mayor functioned exactly like the governor on the local level , and the selectmen func- tioned locally exactly as the magistrates did at the colony level . Deputies stood in for the ...
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... council . 26 To levy taxes . 27 Speaking out of turn without being recognized by the moderator . “ Unceasonable ” means both " out of turn " as in violation of the expected cycle , and " inappropriately " in the sense of not in keeping ...
... council . 26 To levy taxes . 27 Speaking out of turn without being recognized by the moderator . “ Unceasonable ” means both " out of turn " as in violation of the expected cycle , and " inappropriately " in the sense of not in keeping ...
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... council , the city corporation of New York , and the justices of Yorkshire . With more difficulty than the final vote of 32-0 with two abstentions would indicate , Nicolls got the delegates ' assent . He boasted that he had laid " the ...
... council , the city corporation of New York , and the justices of Yorkshire . With more difficulty than the final vote of 32-0 with two abstentions would indicate , Nicolls got the delegates ' assent . He boasted that he had laid " the ...
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