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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... legislature , the principle of two houses , or the bicameral system , as Mr. Bentham has called it , is another and ... legislature for them- selves , and at once adopted the principle of two houses . It is to us as natural as the jury ...
... legislature , the principle of two houses , or the bicameral system , as Mr. Bentham has called it , is another and ... legislature for them- selves , and at once adopted the principle of two houses . It is to us as natural as the jury ...
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... legislature , where they needs must belong to one or the other party , allow them- selves to be influenced on the bench ? In England , there are striking instances that , in modern times , they may resist their own political bias , in ...
... legislature , where they needs must belong to one or the other party , allow them- selves to be influenced on the bench ? In England , there are striking instances that , in modern times , they may resist their own political bias , in ...
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... legislature which first meets after the sentence of death has been pronounced ; and in other states he has only the power of respiting the capitally condemned criminal until the meeting of the legislature . It is obvious that no ...
... legislature which first meets after the sentence of death has been pronounced ; and in other states he has only the power of respiting the capitally condemned criminal until the meeting of the legislature . It is obvious that no ...
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