Sources of the Constitution of the United States, Considered in Relation to Colonial and English HistoryMacmillan and Company, 1894 - 277 páginas |
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... British ** Constitution is the most subtle organism which has pro- ceeded from progressive history , so the American Con- stitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man . " His words ...
... British ** Constitution is the most subtle organism which has pro- ceeded from progressive history , so the American Con- stitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man . " His words ...
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... British institutions before journeying to America . They had passed through an English constitutional experience as really as had their English fellow - countrymen . 3. Those of other races resident in the colonies had personal contact ...
... British institutions before journeying to America . They had passed through an English constitutional experience as really as had their English fellow - countrymen . 3. Those of other races resident in the colonies had personal contact ...
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... British originals , until there resulted , by action of the people themselves , a close assimilation of each colonial government to the model of the governinent of the mother - land . " The constitutional development of the American ...
... British originals , until there resulted , by action of the people themselves , a close assimilation of each colonial government to the model of the governinent of the mother - land . " The constitutional development of the American ...
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... British 1 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States , I. 21 , § 46 . 2 Robertson's America , B. 9. " The first representative legisla- tive assembly ever held in America was convened in the chancel of the [ Episcopal ] ...
... British 1 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States , I. 21 , § 46 . 2 Robertson's America , B. 9. " The first representative legisla- tive assembly ever held in America was convened in the chancel of the [ Episcopal ] ...
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... British common law was the basis of jurisprudence.2 Undoubtedly nations do affect one another through example , insti- tutions , literature , and commerce . England and Holland have thus exerted an influence upon each other . So also ...
... British common law was the basis of jurisprudence.2 Undoubtedly nations do affect one another through example , insti- tutions , literature , and commerce . England and Holland have thus exerted an influence upon each other . So also ...
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