The American Commonwealth -Cosimo, Inc., 2007 M11 1 - 740 páginas First published in 1888, The American Commonwealth was an instant classic, a three-volume set discussing the political structure of American society, its legal system, and its people with an analysis that is both broad and in-depth. Volume I covers the Constitution and the American political system. It discusses the structure of American government and the ways in which the living American government as an entity responds to crisis. The possibilities and power struggles inherent in the American system of government are examined and documented with a fair hand. Bryce goes into further detail about state constitutions and the differing legal structures that exist on a more local level. Anyone with an interest in politics or American history will find Bryce's commentary penetratingly insightful. British historian VISCOUNT JAMES BRYCE (1838-1922) attended the University of Glasgow and Trinity College, Oxford. He is best known for his scholarship of the Holy Roman Empire. His popular works include Studies in History and Jurisprudence (1901) and Studies in Contemporary Biography (1903). |
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... become . When I first visited America eighteen years ago , I brought home a swarm of bold generalizations . Half of them were thrown overboard after a second visit in 1881. Of the half that remained , some were dropped into the Atlantic ...
... become . When I first visited America eighteen years ago , I brought home a swarm of bold generalizations . Half of them were thrown overboard after a second visit in 1881. Of the half that remained , some were dropped into the Atlantic ...
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... become the theme of copious discussion among students of American institu- tions . ( Part III . ) The whole machinery , both of national and of State governments , is worked by the political parties . Parties have been organized far ...
... become the theme of copious discussion among students of American institu- tions . ( Part III . ) The whole machinery , both of national and of State governments , is worked by the political parties . Parties have been organized far ...
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... become subordinate to it . Yet the Union is more than an aggregate of States , and the States are more than parts of the Union . It might be destroyed , and they , adding some further attributes of power to those they now possess ...
... become subordinate to it . Yet the Union is more than an aggregate of States , and the States are more than parts of the Union . It might be destroyed , and they , adding some further attributes of power to those they now possess ...
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... become established ) , ' and spoke in the name of " the good people of these colonies , " the first asser- tion of a sort of national unity among the English of America . This congress , in which from 1775 onwards all the colonies were ...
... become established ) , ' and spoke in the name of " the good people of these colonies , " the first asser- tion of a sort of national unity among the English of America . This congress , in which from 1775 onwards all the colonies were ...
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... . p . 422. The Swiss Confederation has now become a Republic at once Federal and national , resembling in most respects its Ameri- can model . 1 whole people , is a prodigy to the completion CHAP . III THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION 23.
... . p . 422. The Swiss Confederation has now become a Republic at once Federal and national , resembling in most respects its Ameri- can model . 1 whole people , is a prodigy to the completion CHAP . III THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION 23.
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESIDENCY | 70 |
GROWth and DeveLOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION | 359 |
THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION | 364 |
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION | 372 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BY USAGE | 391 |
THE RESULTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 400 |
THE STATE GOVERNMENTS | 409 |
NATURE OF THE AMERICAN STATE | 411 |
STATE CONSTITUTIONS | 427 |
WHY GREAT MEN ARE NOT CHOSEN PRESIDENTS | 78 |
THE CABINET | 86 |
THE SENATE | 97 |
THE SENATE AS AN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BODY | 106 |
ITS WORKING AND INFLUENCE | 111 |
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 124 |
THE HOUSE AT WORK | 142 |
THE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS | 154 |
CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION | 165 |
CONGRESSIONAL FINANCE | 174 |
THE RELATIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES | 183 |
CHAP PAGE XIX GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CONGRESS | 189 |
THE RELATIONS OF CONGRESS TO THE PRESIDENT | 208 |
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE | 215 |
THE FEDERAL COURTS | 228 |
THE COURTS AND THE CONSTITUTION | 241 |
THE WORKING OF THE COURTS | 261 |
COMPARISON OF THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SYSTEMS | 277 |
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FRAME OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT | 298 |
THE FEDERAL SYSTEM | 312 |
Working RelaTIONS OF THE NATIONAL AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS | 325 |
CRITICISM OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM | 342 |
MERITS OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM | 350 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS | 450 |
DIRECT LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE | 463 |
STATE LEGISLATURES | 477 |
THE STATE EXECUTIVE | 494 |
THE STATE JUDICIARY | 501 |
STATE FINANCE | 512 |
THE WORKING OF STATE GOVERNMENTS | 528 |
XLV REMEDIES FOR THE FAULTS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS | 549 |
STATE POLITICS | 565 |
THE TERRITORIES | 578 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 589 |
OBSERVATIONS ON RURAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 611 |
THE GOVERNMENT OF CITIES | 622 |
THE WORKING OF CITY GOVERNMENTS | 635 |
AN AMERICAN VIEW OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES | 650 |
ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS | 667 |
EXTRACTS FROM THE RULES OF THE SENATE | 673 |
THE FEDERAL SYSTEM OF THE ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES | 682 |
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 178188 | 690 |
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES | 697 |
EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALI | 711 |
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