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The Spirit of American Government /

Smith, J. Allen

The Spirit of American Government / J. Allen Smith; ed. by Cushing Strout. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (419 p.) - The John Harvard Library ; 11 .

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I. THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- CHAPTER II. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD -- CHAPTER III. THE CONSTITUTION A REACTIONARY DOCUMENT -- CHAPTER IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AMENDMENT FEATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION -- CHAPTER V. THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY -- CHAPTER VI. THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE CONSTITUTION -- CHAPTER VII. UNDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER VIII. THE PARTY SYSTEM -- CHAPTER IX. CHANGES IN THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER 1787 -- CHAPTER X. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT -- CHAPTER XI. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND THE CONSTITUTION -- CHAPTER XII. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM -- CHAPTER XIII. THE INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY UPON THE CONSTITUTION -- CHAPTER XIV. EFFECT OF THE TRANSITION FROM MINORITY TO MAJORITY RULE UPON MORALITY -- CHAPTER XV. DEMOCRACY OF THE FUTURE -- WORKS CITED BY J . ALLEN SMITH -- EDITOR’S NOTES -- INDEX -- Backmatter

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Constitutional history.
Political science.
Politik.
Politisches System.
Constitutional history -- United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
United States -- Politics and government.
HISTORY / United States / General.

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