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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... issues , and so portentous the outcome , that all of the other eight justices also wrote opinions , two of them ... issue , on the premise that the Supreme Court is the final arbiter concerning the interpretation of the Constitution ...
... issues , and so portentous the outcome , that all of the other eight justices also wrote opinions , two of them ... issue , on the premise that the Supreme Court is the final arbiter concerning the interpretation of the Constitution ...
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... issue , above all with Stephen Douglas , the Democratic senator from Illinois , who had adopted the principle of " popular sover- eignty " on the issue of the expansion of slavery in the territories and who supported Taney's opinion ...
... issue , above all with Stephen Douglas , the Democratic senator from Illinois , who had adopted the principle of " popular sover- eignty " on the issue of the expansion of slavery in the territories and who supported Taney's opinion ...
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... issue , often in great detail . The issue focuses on the connection among three closely related sets of texts : Article IV of The Articles of Confederation ( " the free inhabitants of each of these States ... shall be entitled to all ...
... issue , often in great detail . The issue focuses on the connection among three closely related sets of texts : Article IV of The Articles of Confederation ( " the free inhabitants of each of these States ... shall be entitled to all ...
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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 7 |
The Location and Character of the Organic Laws | 14 |
The Organic Laws in the Nineteenth Century | 26 |
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