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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... granted ; the license or exclusive use given by the grant ; a state- ment of how the grant was to be administered ; specific restrictions or limits on the grant ; and the reciprocal duties owed the grantor by the grantee . A third type ...
... granted ; the license or exclusive use given by the grant ; a state- ment of how the grant was to be administered ; specific restrictions or limits on the grant ; and the reciprocal duties owed the grantor by the grantee . A third type ...
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... granted today , but it was an historically important innovation . With the May- flower Compact we see its first expression . Second , the Mayflower Compact also created a government when it combined them into a civil body politic . Put ...
... granted today , but it was an historically important innovation . With the May- flower Compact we see its first expression . Second , the Mayflower Compact also created a government when it combined them into a civil body politic . Put ...
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... granting all people rights regardless of their economic status , gender , race , or ethnicity is a relatively recent development in the history of constitution - making . To include women in this process , for example , would be out of ...
... granting all people rights regardless of their economic status , gender , race , or ethnicity is a relatively recent development in the history of constitution - making . To include women in this process , for example , would be out of ...
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... granted a parcel of land in what is now Eastchester , New York , to ten families from Fairfield , Connecticut . The following year , those ten families were joined by sixteen other families from Fairfield , and together they entered ...
... granted a parcel of land in what is now Eastchester , New York , to ten families from Fairfield , Connecticut . The following year , those ten families were joined by sixteen other families from Fairfield , and together they entered ...
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... granted Pell a license , recognizing his earlier land purchase and authorizing his additional purchase of adjacent lands to the east . On June 24 , 1664 , Pell granted part of his additional purchase to the aforementioned ten families ...
... granted Pell a license , recognizing his earlier land purchase and authorizing his additional purchase of adjacent lands to the east . On June 24 , 1664 , Pell granted part of his additional purchase to the aforementioned ten families ...
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