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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... opinion , that is the mind and conscience of the whole nation , is the opinion of persons who are included in the parties , for the parties taken together are the nation ; and the parties , each claiming to be its true exponent , seek ...
... opinion , that is the mind and conscience of the whole nation , is the opinion of persons who are included in the parties , for the parties taken together are the nation ; and the parties , each claiming to be its true exponent , seek ...
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... opinion are necessarily general , they seem to need illustration by instances drawn from recent American history . I collect some such instances in Part V. , and place there a discussion of several political questions which lie outside ...
... opinion are necessarily general , they seem to need illustration by instances drawn from recent American history . I collect some such instances in Part V. , and place there a discussion of several political questions which lie outside ...
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... opinion put forward , with the purpose of serving any English party - doctrine or party - pol- icy , or in any way furnishing arguments for use in any English controversy . The admirers and the censors of popular govern- ment are ...
... opinion put forward , with the purpose of serving any English party - doctrine or party - pol- icy , or in any way furnishing arguments for use in any English controversy . The admirers and the censors of popular govern- ment are ...
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... opinion , which then become weightier . The President is nowise bound by such resolutions , and has more than once declared that he does not regard them . But as some treaties , especially com- mercial treaties , cannot be carried out ...
... opinion , which then become weightier . The President is nowise bound by such resolutions , and has more than once declared that he does not regard them . But as some treaties , especially com- mercial treaties , cannot be carried out ...
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... opinion and policy , than a step towards legislation . Congress is not moved : members go their own ways and bring in their own bills . Far more effective is the President's part in the last stage of legislation , for here he finds ...
... opinion and policy , than a step towards legislation . Congress is not moved : members go their own ways and bring in their own bills . Far more effective is the President's part in the last stage of legislation , for here he finds ...
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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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