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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... judges . The election of judges by the people themselves , which has now been established in many of the United States , is founded , in my opinion , on a radical error— the confusion of mistaking popular power alone for liberty , and ...
... judges . The election of judges by the people themselves , which has now been established in many of the United States , is founded , in my opinion , on a radical error— the confusion of mistaking popular power alone for liberty , and ...
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... judges to popular elections , labor under a surprising inconsistency ; for all those states , I believe , exclude judges from the legislature . They fear " political judges , " yet make them elective . Now , everything electional within ...
... judges to popular elections , labor under a surprising inconsistency ; for all those states , I believe , exclude judges from the legislature . They fear " political judges , " yet make them elective . Now , everything electional within ...
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... judges from office has been justly taken out of the hands of the executive . The immovability of judges is an essential element of civil liberty . Neither the executive nor the sovereign himself ought to have the power of removing a judge ...
... judges from office has been justly taken out of the hands of the executive . The immovability of judges is an essential element of civil liberty . Neither the executive nor the sovereign himself ought to have the power of removing a judge ...
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