Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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Page 154
... legislature are defined and limited ; and that those limits may not be mistaken , or forgotten , the constitution is written . To what purpose are powers limited , and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing , if these ...
... legislature are defined and limited ; and that those limits may not be mistaken , or forgotten , the constitution is written . To what purpose are powers limited , and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing , if these ...
Page 370
... legislature . Such is the poverty of all human labors , that even a whole nation cannot express themselves upon paper with so much accuracy and precision , as not to admit of much latitude of explanation and construction . The Legislature ...
... legislature . Such is the poverty of all human labors , that even a whole nation cannot express themselves upon paper with so much accuracy and precision , as not to admit of much latitude of explanation and construction . The Legislature ...
Page 488
... legislature of Georgia has involved them in the fate of the first parties to the transaction , and , if the act be valid , has annihilated their rights also . The legislature of Georgia was a party to this transaction ; and for a party ...
... legislature of Georgia has involved them in the fate of the first parties to the transaction , and , if the act be valid , has annihilated their rights also . The legislature of Georgia was a party to this transaction ; and for a party ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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