Download or read book The Essentials of a Written Constitution Classic Reprint written by Harry Pratt Judson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Essentials of a Written Constitution Aristocracy and democracy, in the political sense, it will be noticed, are merely relative terms. There is no exact point at which a community ceases to be aristocratic and becomes democratic, and it is quite obvious that a community may be aristocratic as respects a second and at the same time democratic in relation to a third. France under the Orleans monarchy vested supreme political power in some voters, while under the second empire there were More than one of the states of our Union at the outset had suffrage laws so restrictive in character that they were decidedly aristocratic as compared with their present status, although undoubtedly democratic in comparison even with France under Louis Philippe. An organized political community, independent of external control, is commonly called a state. There is, however, often a confusion of thought arising from the more or less unconscious use of the term state in two different senses. These two applications of the term should be sharply distinguished, and the distinction kept always in mind. In the larger sense the state includes the whole community living in a given terri tory and subject to the political authority of its government. In the limited sense the state includes only that portion of the community which has political authority over the whole, and whose agent in the exercise of that authority is the government. The state in the larger sense we may, for convenience, call the social state. The other may be called the political state. The members of the social state are all subject to law. The political state creates law and enforces it. Political power belongs to the political state, to be sure, for the protection and welfare of the social state. But in the exercise of that power the political state has no legal superior. Its will is law for all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Essentials of a Written Constitution written by Harry Pratt Judson and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Genesis of a Written Constitution Classic Reprint written by William Carey Morey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Genesis of a Written Constitution Admitting that the permanence of a constitution is dependent upon the laws of historical growth, that no political forms created to meet a temporary emergency or framed by a mere act of arbitrary volition are likely to endure, it becomes an interesting question to an American citizen whether the laws of historical development apply only to an unwritten constitution. The organic law under which he lives is set forth in a written document. It was put into form at a given time and place. It was fashioned in the heat of discussion by a chosen body of men, whose work in its outlines and its details he is accustomed to think was solely the product of their creative wisdom. This idea was formerly so prevalent that the apotheosis of the Fathers occupies a large place in American political litera ture; and this View is not confined to native writers. The flattering sentiment of Mr. Gladstone has often been quoted, As the British Constitution is the most subtile organism which.has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man. And this quotation is approvingly used by Mr. Bancroft as a sort of dedicatory preface of his History of Me Constitution. The German writer, von Holst, with greater historical insight, is inclined to satirize the worship of the Constitution and the Fathers, but the scope of his own work does not permit him to discuss the real origin of American constitutional law. It may, indeed, perhaps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book America s Unwritten Constitution written by Akhil Reed Amar and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading between the lines: America's implicit Constitution -- Heeding the deed: America's enacted Constitution -- Hearing the people: America's lived Constitution -- Confronting modern case law: America's "warrented" Constitution -- Putting precedent in its place: America's doctrinal Constitution -- Honoring the icons: America's symbolic Constitution -- "Remembering the ladies" : America's feminist Constitution -- Following Washington's lead: America's "Georgian" Constitution -- Interpreting government practices: America's institutional Constitution -- Joining the party: America's partisan Constitution -- Doing the right thing: America's conscientious Constitution -- Envisioning the future: America's unfinished Constitution -- Afterward -- Appendix: America's written Constitution.

Download or read book The Essentials of a Written Constitution Printed from Volume IV written by Harry Pratt Judson and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Essentials of American Constitutional Law 1917 written by Francis Newton Thorpe and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Download or read book The English Constitution and Other Political Essays Classic Reprint written by Walter Bagehot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English Constitution, and Other Political Essays The best plan in such a case Is, I think, to keep the original sketch in all essentials as it was at first written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Constitutional Text Book written by Furman Sheppard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitutional d104-Book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, and of Portions of the Public and Administrative Law of the Federal Government The diagram on page 64, may also be studied practically by means of proper questions, such as the following - What was the representative rank of this State at the first census? At the second? At the third? &c. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Annotated Constitution of the United States Classic Reprint written by Andrew Jackson Baker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annotated Constitution of the United States Alabama, Smith v. (124 U. S. 168, 40. Alabama, Nashville C. R. R. V. (128 U. S. 133, 36; 53, 218. Alabama, Pace v. (106 U. S. 7 9, 222. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Constitution of the United States written by Robert Desty and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitution of the United States: With Notes Mel]. I 820. Lr-legislative power vested in Congress. Senate and House of Legislature. Bepresentati ves, election or. Qualification of electors. 2. Guanfications of members. 3. Pportionment of Representatives. Of direct taxes. Census to be taken decennlaily. Ratio of representation. 4. Vacancies in representation. Executive to order election to till. 6. House to choose its own ofiicers. To have sole power of impeachment. Site. A. - 1. Senate. Of what composed. Senators. How and when chosen. Each to have one vote. 2. Senators to be divided into three classes. First class to vacate in two years. Second class in four years. Third class at end of sixth year. Oneuthird to be chosen ever second year. Vacancies during recess to temporarily filled. 8. Qualifications for Senator. Thirty years of age. Nine years a citizen. To be inhabitant of State for which chosen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Lectures on the Constitution of the United States Classic Reprint written by Samuel Freeman Miller and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the Constitution of the United States This material, and two other papers by him on cognate subjects - the first an address before the Alumni lof the Law Department of the University of Michigan on the 29th day of June, 1887, entitled, The Constitution and the Supreme Court of the United States; the other An Oration delivered at the one hundredth anniversary of the framing and promulgation of the Constitution in Independence Square, Philadelphia, on the 17th day of September, 1887 - have been placed in my hands for arrangement and publication. The address and the ora tion were published together under Mr. Justice Miller's supervision during his lifetime. The ten lectures are now published for the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Constitution of the United States written by Edwin D. Mead and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitution of the United States: With Bibliographical and Historical Notes, and Outlines for Study About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English Constitution written by Walter Bagehot and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government.

Download or read book Restoring the Lost Constitution written by Randy E. Barnett and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-24 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Constitution found in school textbooks and under glass in Washington is not the one enforced today by the Supreme Court. In Restoring the Lost Constitution, Randy Barnett argues that since the nation's founding, but especially since the 1930s, the courts have been cutting holes in the original Constitution and its amendments to eliminate the parts that protect liberty from the power of government. From the Commerce Clause, to the Necessary and Proper Clause, to the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, to the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Supreme Court has rendered each of these provisions toothless. In the process, the written Constitution has been lost. Barnett establishes the original meaning of these lost clauses and offers a practical way to restore them to their central role in constraining government: adopting a "presumption of liberty" to give the benefit of the doubt to citizens when laws restrict their rightful exercises of liberty. He also provides a new, realistic and philosophically rigorous theory of constitutional legitimacy that justifies both interpreting the Constitution according to its original meaning and, where that meaning is vague or open-ended, construing it so as to better protect the rights retained by the people. As clearly argued as it is insightful and provocative, Restoring the Lost Constitution forcefully disputes the conventional wisdom, posing a powerful challenge to which others must now respond. This updated edition features an afterword with further reflections on individual popular sovereignty, originalist interpretation, judicial engagement, and the gravitational force that original meaning has exerted on the Supreme Court in several recent cases.

Download or read book The Classical Liberal Constitution written by Richard A. Epstein and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American liberals and conservatives alike take for granted a progressive view of the Constitution that took root in the early twentieth century. Richard Epstein laments this complacency which, he believes, explains America’s current economic malaise and political gridlock. Steering clear of well-worn debates between defenders of originalism and proponents of a living Constitution, Epstein employs close textual reading, historical analysis, and political and economic theory to urge a return to the classical liberal theory of governance that animated the framers’ original text, and to the limited government this theory supports. “[An] important and learned book.” —Gary L. McDowell, Times Literary Supplement “Epstein has now produced a full-scale and full-throated defense of his unusual vision of the Constitution. This book is his magnum opus...Much of his book consists of comprehensive and exceptionally detailed accounts of how constitutional provisions ought to be understood...All of Epstein’s particular discussions are instructive, and most of them are provocative...Epstein has written a passionate, learned, and committed book.” —Cass R. Sunstein, New Republic

Download or read book The Constitution of the United States Defined and Carefully Annotated Classic Reprint written by George W. Paschal and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Constitution of the United States Defined and Carefully Annotated The Editor offers no apology for presenting to the public an annotated copy of the Constitution of the United States. All men have fully realized the maxim, "that the next best thing to knowledge is to know where to find it." If, therefore, my book shall serve as a guide to useful and important information, a good work will have been accomplished. But it is believed that something better than the mere collection of copious references has been attained. The best definitions of every word and phrase have been given, upon the very highest authorities. The utility of such a success, if success it be, cannot be over-estimated. The roots of the Constitution of the United States may be said to have been laid in the great principles of the English Constitution, which divided government into three separate departments, and which, from time to time, secured the absolute and subordinate rights of every subject, upon the firm basis of Magna Charta and the Petitions and Bills of Rights, and other guaranties of liberty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.