Author: Henry SacheverellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, Before the House of Peers
Author: Henry SacheverellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Tryal of Doctor Henry Sacheverell, Before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Author: Constitutional History of the American Revolution
Author: John Phillip ReidPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299108748
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.
The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution
Author: John Phillip ReidPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226708980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"Americans did not rebel from Great Britain because they wanted a different government. They rebelled because they believed that Parliament was violating constitutional precepts. Colonial Whigs did not fight for American rights. They fought for English rights."—from the Preface John Phillip Reid goes on to argue that it was generally the application, not the definition, of these rights that was disputed. The sole—and critical—exception concerned the right of representation. American perceptions of the responsibility of representatives to their constituents, the necessity of equal representation, and the constitutional function of consent had diverged gradually, but significantly, from British tradition. Drawing on his mastery of eighteenth-century legal thought, Reid explores the origins and shifting meanings of representation, consent, arbitrary rule, and constitution. He demonstrates that the controversy which led to the American Revolution had more to do with jurisprudential and constitutional principles than with democracy and equality. This book will interest legal historians, Constitutional scholars, and political theorists.
Ovid's Epistles, Translated by Several Hands. Adorn'd with Cutts
Author: OvidThe History of Clerkenwell
Author: William John PinksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clerkenwell (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Catalogue of the Pennsylvania State Library
Author: Pennsylvania State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Church-of-Englandism and Its Catechism Examined
Author: Jeremy BenthamPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199590257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Church-of-Englandism and its Catechism Examined, printed in 1817 and published in 1818, was part of Bentham's sustained attack on English political, legal, and ecclesiastical establishments. Bentham argues that the purpose of the Church's system of education, in particular the schools sponsored by the Church-dominated National Society for the Education of the Poor, was to instil habits of insincerity into the population at large, and thereby protect the abuses which were profitable both to the clergy and the ruling classes in general. Bentham recommends the 'euthanasia' of the Church, and argues that government sponsored proposals were in fact intended to propagate the system of abuse rather than reform it. An appendix based on original manuscripts, which deals with the relationship between Church and state, is published here for the first time. This authoritative version of the text is accompanied by an editorial introduction, comprehensive annotation, collations of several extracts published during Bentham's lifetime, and subject and name indexes.
The Library of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Edwin WolfPublisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871692573
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Beginning in the 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a biblio'l. quest to reconstruct the library of Benjamin Franklin, which was the largest & best private library in Amer. at the time of his death & was subsequently dispersed. The contents of Franklin's library were virtually unknown until Wolf identified the unique shelfmarks that Franklin used to organize his books. That discovery allowed Wolf to locate 2,700 titles in 1,000 vols. that Franklin actually owned. Wolf also identified a further 700 titles owned by Franklin. After wolf's death, Kevin Hayes took up the project & brought it to fruition. This catalogue includes almost 4,000 books known to have been owned by Franklin, & the Intro. tells the complete story of Franklin's library, its dispersal, & its reconstruction.
The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell Before the House of Peers, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Impeachment)
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description