Four Pillars of Constitutionalism: The Organic Laws of the United StatesRichard Howard Cox Prometheus Books, 1998 - 142 halaman The four primary documents that, since 1878, formed a type of "preamble" to the revised United States Code the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, and the Constitution are brought together here for the first time in a single volume. Political theorist Richard Cox introduces these founding "laws" of America, places them in historical context, examines the leaders who introduced them, and discusses how and why these documents were given such an important place in the U.S. Code. Cox explains the significance of the code's revision in the aftermath of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Designed for students and general readers, Four Pillars of Constitutionalism explores how each of the four components of our nation's legal history was developed and their main features, including the full text of each document, and a bibliography of selected readings. This work is a handy, accessible, and very useful supplement to the study of constitutional law, history, and American political thought. |
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... present some detailed evidence to justify my own con- clusion : that we as citizens should make a deliberate return to understanding the Constitution as the ultimate organic law of the American Republic and that Abraham Lincoln is our ...
... present some detailed evidence to justify my own con- clusion : that we as citizens should make a deliberate return to understanding the Constitution as the ultimate organic law of the American Republic and that Abraham Lincoln is our ...
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... present , the official body of federal laws has included , as the result of federal legislation , various of the ... present , the Declaration of Inde- pendence has stood first in the Organic Laws section . What the present - day ...
... present , the official body of federal laws has included , as the result of federal legislation , various of the ... present , the Declaration of Inde- pendence has stood first in the Organic Laws section . What the present - day ...
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... present - day influential doctrines that impede its careful study . The relationship between moral principles and the Constitution is a problem as old as the debates on slavery at the beginning of the Republic and as new as present ...
... present - day influential doctrines that impede its careful study . The relationship between moral principles and the Constitution is a problem as old as the debates on slavery at the beginning of the Republic and as new as present ...
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