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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... Roman senate during the better time was part of the proud Senatus Populusque Romanus ; and the corps legislatif , if there be any element of a repre- sentative legislature in it , is not of French origin ; if it be a mute body , however ...
... Roman senate during the better time was part of the proud Senatus Populusque Romanus ; and the corps legislatif , if there be any element of a repre- sentative legislature in it , is not of French origin ; if it be a mute body , however ...
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... Roman probably feel the want of a word for Institution , for the same reason that he expressed time by saying : " Two hundred years after the founded city . " The thing itself , the city , was in his mind . We would say : Two hundred ...
... Roman probably feel the want of a word for Institution , for the same reason that he expressed time by saying : " Two hundred years after the founded city . " The thing itself , the city , was in his mind . We would say : Two hundred ...
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... Roman empire after Cæsar ? Count the good rulers , and weigh them against the unutterable wretchedness resulting from the worst of all combinations - of lust of power , voluptuousness , avarice , and cruelty and forming a stream of ...
... Roman empire after Cæsar ? Count the good rulers , and weigh them against the unutterable wretchedness resulting from the worst of all combinations - of lust of power , voluptuousness , avarice , and cruelty and forming a stream of ...
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