ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1985
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM
THE INTELLECTUAL ORIGINS OF THE CONSTITUTION
Autor: Forrest McDonald
Izdavač: University Press of Kansas 1985.
Tvrd povez, zaštitni omot, 359 stranica, 22x15cm
Tekst na engleskom jeziku
Dobro očuvano (ex libris, vidite foto)

- `This is the first major interpretation of the framing of the Constitution to appear in more than two decades. Forrest McDonald, widely considered one of the foremost historians of the Constitution and of the early national period, reconstructs the intellectual world of the Founding Fathers--including their understanding of law, history political philosophy, and political economy, and their firsthand experience in public affairs--and then analyzes their behavior in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in light of that world. ...`

CONTENTS
Preface vii
I THE PROBLEM
II THE RIGHTS OF ENGLISHMEN
III SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL THEORY
IV SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
V THE LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE: 1776-1787
VI THE FRAMERS: PRINCIPLES AND INTERESTS
VII THE CONVENTION: CONSTITUTING A GOVERNMENT
VIII POWERS, PRINCIPLES, AND CONSEQUENCES
Appendix A: Delegates Attending the Convention
Appendix B: The Constitution of the United States
Bibliography
Index



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