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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... republican seeds and that re- publics can only grow if one plants those seeds in the right soil and tends them as some sort of outside " gardener " removed from the actual pro- cess of growth and development . The organic view thus ...
... republican seeds and that re- publics can only grow if one plants those seeds in the right soil and tends them as some sort of outside " gardener " removed from the actual pro- cess of growth and development . The organic view thus ...
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... republican principles of popular consent and limited gov- ernment ; the principle of the rule of law derived from the Anglo - Amer- ican common - law tradition ; and the federal principle of organizing pol- ities by distributing and ...
... republican principles of popular consent and limited gov- ernment ; the principle of the rule of law derived from the Anglo - Amer- ican common - law tradition ; and the federal principle of organizing pol- ities by distributing and ...
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... republican lines . John Adams captured the intellectual element of the founder's challenge , when he observed in the conclusion of his pamphlet Thoughts on Government ( reprinted in this collection ) : You and I , my dear Friend , have ...
... republican lines . John Adams captured the intellectual element of the founder's challenge , when he observed in the conclusion of his pamphlet Thoughts on Government ( reprinted in this collection ) : You and I , my dear Friend , have ...
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... republican government . As Ralph Ketcham explains in his commentary , the Antifederalists not only opposed the Constitution , but they had " a positive vision of what the government of the United States should be - a republican vision ...
... republican government . As Ralph Ketcham explains in his commentary , the Antifederalists not only opposed the Constitution , but they had " a positive vision of what the government of the United States should be - a republican vision ...
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