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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... principles through particular malefactions of the [ English ] Crown .... But our acceptance of the fundamental principles has not and should not bind us to those precise , at times anachronistic contours . Justices of the Supreme Court ...
... principles through particular malefactions of the [ English ] Crown .... But our acceptance of the fundamental principles has not and should not bind us to those precise , at times anachronistic contours . Justices of the Supreme Court ...
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... principles , " but rather from the " more extended application of old ones , " an application required by the advent of new and compelling " circumstances , " including " new social condi- tions . " He concedes that in the " application ...
... principles , " but rather from the " more extended application of old ones , " an application required by the advent of new and compelling " circumstances , " including " new social condi- tions . " He concedes that in the " application ...
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... principles , which is to say , know- able first things ; that they are in principle knowable by every human being because they are rooted in nature and in teachings about nature ; that they are , because so rooted , permanent ; and that ...
... principles , which is to say , know- able first things ; that they are in principle knowable by every human being because they are rooted in nature and in teachings about nature ; that they are , because so rooted , permanent ; and that ...
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