Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter, Richard B. Bernstein, Donald S. Lutz Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays that explain what they mean, why they were written, and why they are important today. Each key document is accompanied by an interpretive essay written by a contemporary scholar. These essays focus on the importance of each frame of government and include commentaries on why they are meaningful today. Intended to help readers learn how to read and understand these documents, the book is also a handy reference and a strong introduction to the development of political thought and the debates surrounding the formation of the state governments and the federal union. |
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... jury would support an indictment . The charter guar- antees that in such a case the accused would have the benefit of a petit jury . 17 The word " Criminall " must mean " felonious " in this article , if only because the previous ...
... jury would support an indictment . The charter guar- antees that in such a case the accused would have the benefit of a petit jury . 17 The word " Criminall " must mean " felonious " in this article , if only because the previous ...
Page 144
... jury . Charges eighteen and nineteen argued that the right to a trial by a jury of one's peers had been denied to Americans in a variety of ways . The commitment to jury trials was here expressed and later became part of the ...
... jury . Charges eighteen and nineteen argued that the right to a trial by a jury of one's peers had been denied to Americans in a variety of ways . The commitment to jury trials was here expressed and later became part of the ...
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... jury of his vicinage , 10 without whose unan- imous consent he cannot be found guilty , nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself ; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land , or the judgment of ...
... jury of his vicinage , 10 without whose unan- imous consent he cannot be found guilty , nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself ; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land , or the judgment of ...
Contents
The Ten Farms Covenant 1665 | 36 |
The Albany Plan of Union 1754 | 106 |
The Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution 1776 | 150 |
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