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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... given us is not so much a description of the country and people as a treatise , full of fine observation and elevated thinking , upon democracy , a treatise whose conclusions are illustrated from America , but are founded , not so much ...
... given us is not so much a description of the country and people as a treatise , full of fine observation and elevated thinking , upon democracy , a treatise whose conclusions are illustrated from America , but are founded , not so much ...
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... established them , the authori- ties which administer them , the practical working of their legislative bodies . And as local government is a matter of 1 State regulation , there is also given some account of I 5 INTRODUCTORY.
... established them , the authori- ties which administer them , the practical working of their legislative bodies . And as local government is a matter of 1 State regulation , there is also given some account of I 5 INTRODUCTORY.
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Viscount James Bryce. State regulation , there is also given some account of the sys- tems of rural and city government which have been created in the various States , and which have ... given and propositions 6 CHAP . THE UNITED STATES.
Viscount James Bryce. State regulation , there is also given some account of the sys- tems of rural and city government which have been created in the various States , and which have ... given and propositions 6 CHAP . THE UNITED STATES.
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... given to it . When within a large political community smaller communi- ties are found existing , the relation of the smaller to the larger usually appears in one or other of the two following forms . One form is that of a League , in ...
... given to it . When within a large political community smaller communi- ties are found existing , the relation of the smaller to the larger usually appears in one or other of the two following forms . One form is that of a League , in ...
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... of jewels tarnished - -a jewel worth ten thousand worlds ; and shall we part with it so soon ? Oh no . " - Elliot's Debates , ii . 133 , approval which other States had already given . But the 26 PART I THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
... of jewels tarnished - -a jewel worth ten thousand worlds ; and shall we part with it so soon ? Oh no . " - Elliot's Debates , ii . 133 , approval which other States had already given . But the 26 PART I THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
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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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