On Civil Liberty and Self-governmentLawbook Exchange, Limited, 2001 - 629 páginas Widely read and used as a political science textbook, this is the best known of Lieber's work. He was a prominent political philosopher who helped lay the foundation for the study of political science in the United States. Renowned for his theory of civil liberty presented here, which combined an appreciation for the English concept of decentralized political institutions with the German idea of an overall national purpose, he bridged the intellectual gap between Europe and America. Enlarged edition in one volume, having first been published in two volumes in 1853. xiv, 629 pp. |
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... American impeachments are tried indeed by the senate , but it will be observed that the American trial of impeachment is not a penal trial for offences , but a political institution , trying for political capacity . The senate , when ...
... American impeachments are tried indeed by the senate , but it will be observed that the American trial of impeachment is not a penal trial for offences , but a political institution , trying for political capacity . The senate , when ...
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Francis Lieber. CHAPTER XXII . AMERICAN LIBERTY . AMERICAN liberty belongs to the great division of Anglican liberty ... Americans are spoken of as freemen whose ( 261 ) CHAPTER XXII AMERICAN LIBERTY.
Francis Lieber. CHAPTER XXII . AMERICAN LIBERTY . AMERICAN liberty belongs to the great division of Anglican liberty ... Americans are spoken of as freemen whose ( 261 ) CHAPTER XXII AMERICAN LIBERTY.
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... American noblemen , e.g. had she allowed an American duke to take precedence with a British earl , she would have had a strong support in this country at the time of the revolution . Possibly , we would have had not only a simple war of ...
... American noblemen , e.g. had she allowed an American duke to take precedence with a British earl , she would have had a strong support in this country at the time of the revolution . Possibly , we would have had not only a simple war of ...
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