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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... ] lives is set forth in a written docu- ment . It was put into form at a given time and place . It was fashioned in the heat of discussion by a chosen body of men , whose Von Holst aptly calls the " worship of the Constitu- vii.
... ] lives is set forth in a written docu- ment . It was put into form at a given time and place . It was fashioned in the heat of discussion by a chosen body of men , whose Von Holst aptly calls the " worship of the Constitu- vii.
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... body of men , nor the out- come of one definite epoch , —it is more and better than that . It does not stand in historical isolation , free of antecedents . It rests upon very old principles , -principles laboriously worked out by long ...
... body of men , nor the out- come of one definite epoch , —it is more and better than that . It does not stand in historical isolation , free of antecedents . It rests upon very old principles , -principles laboriously worked out by long ...
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... body consisting of two houses , the upper conservative , and the lower representative of the people at large ; ( 3 ) a distinctive judiciary . There was also agreement in ( 4 ) a number of general principles such as trial by jury , the ...
... body consisting of two houses , the upper conservative , and the lower representative of the people at large ; ( 3 ) a distinctive judiciary . There was also agreement in ( 4 ) a number of general principles such as trial by jury , the ...
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... body politic . Citizens of Connecticut , with very just pride point to this instrument as the first American written constitution , for the compact on the Mayflower was merely an agreement to found a government , leaving its character ...
... body politic . Citizens of Connecticut , with very just pride point to this instrument as the first American written constitution , for the compact on the Mayflower was merely an agreement to found a government , leaving its character ...
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... body was divided into two chambers : the lower consisting of an elective house of bur- gesses ; the upper , of the councillors and of those specially sum- moned by the proprietor . " - Taylor , Origin and Growth of the English ...
... body was divided into two chambers : the lower consisting of an elective house of bur- gesses ; the upper , of the councillors and of those specially sum- moned by the proprietor . " - Taylor , Origin and Growth of the English ...
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