Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1. nov. 1991 - 472 sider 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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... history which brought together the colonial and early constitutional documents of New York and the Union . At about that time , Donald Lutz and I participated in a federalism colloquium for teachers co - sponsored by the Center for the ...
... history which brought together the colonial and early constitutional documents of New York and the Union . At about that time , Donald Lutz and I participated in a federalism colloquium for teachers co - sponsored by the Center for the ...
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... history " and the United States Constitution as " the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man . ” 1 1 Woodrow Wilson , " Nature of Democracy in the United States , " May 17 , 1989 , in Arthur ...
... history " and the United States Constitution as " the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man . ” 1 1 Woodrow Wilson , " Nature of Democracy in the United States , " May 17 , 1989 , in Arthur ...
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... history , the American republic was called into existence out of a blueprint of fixed principles by the far- seeing deliberations of the Founders . Neither view is complete or wholly satisfactory . The organic view implies that one can ...
... history , the American republic was called into existence out of a blueprint of fixed principles by the far- seeing deliberations of the Founders . Neither view is complete or wholly satisfactory . The organic view implies that one can ...
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... history . Our objective is two- fold : to enable the reader to learn how to read those documents , and to catalyze ... historical context , and its original meanings , as well as suggesting how to read the text . With two noted ...
... history . Our objective is two- fold : to enable the reader to learn how to read those documents , and to catalyze ... historical context , and its original meanings , as well as suggesting how to read the text . With two noted ...
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... history and the constitutional foundings of the Revolutionary period . As to Hamilton's third alternative , Americans have rarely used " force " in the traditional sense of founding empires by conquest and inclusion . In fact , many of ...
... history and the constitutional foundings of the Revolutionary period . As to Hamilton's third alternative , Americans have rarely used " force " in the traditional sense of founding empires by conquest and inclusion . In fact , many of ...
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