The Constitutional Convention and the Formation of the UnionWinton U. Solberg University of Illinois Press, 1990 - 428 sider This book contains James Madison's notes on the debates which provide a first-hand view of the drafting of the nation's fundamental charter. An introduction by Solberg places the origins of the Constitution in the broader historical perspective of the development of political theory and constitutional practice in Western civilization. The book also links the formation of the Constitution to the events of the American Revolution from the Stamp Act Crisis to the Bill of Rights. Solberg provides background on the ratification of the Constitution, biographical sketches of each participant in the Philadelphia Convention, and population figures on which representation was to be based. - Back cover. |
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... common law , regarded as com- parable to the law of nature and of reason and objectively valid , was deemed to possess a superiority which made it ca- pable of limiting the power of the king . Although Magna Carta , after having been ...
... common law , regarded as com- parable to the law of nature and of reason and objectively valid , was deemed to possess a superiority which made it ca- pable of limiting the power of the king . Although Magna Carta , after having been ...
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... common law proved a weak reed to lean on . It was neither popular nor a source of pride in England in the early seventeenth century . Although followed in the Middle and Southern colonies , the common law in New Eng- land was next to ...
... common law proved a weak reed to lean on . It was neither popular nor a source of pride in England in the early seventeenth century . Although followed in the Middle and Southern colonies , the common law in New Eng- land was next to ...
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... common interest or passion , the rights of the minority are in danger . What motives are to restrain them ? A prudent regard to the maxim that honesty is the best policy is found by experience to be as little regarded by bodies of men ...
... common interest or passion , the rights of the minority are in danger . What motives are to restrain them ? A prudent regard to the maxim that honesty is the best policy is found by experience to be as little regarded by bodies of men ...
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THE GENESIS OF AMERICAN | xiii |
THE CONFEDERATION | xviii |
CONTENTS AND SOURCES OF DOCUMENTS | cxii |
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