The Spirit of American Government

J. Allen Smith

Published by Harvard University Press 1965

The Spirit of American Government

J. Allen Smith
Edited by: Cushing Strout

Volume 11 in the series The John Harvard Library

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674866317

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
A NOTE ON THE TEXT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	lxvii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	lxxi
CHAPTER I. THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER II. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
CHAPTER III. THE CONSTITUTION A REACTIONARY DOCUMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
CHAPTER IV. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AMENDMENT FEATURE OF THE CONSTITUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
CHAPTER V. THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
CHAPTER VI. THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF THE CONSTITUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
CHAPTER VII. UNDEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
CHAPTER VIII. THE PARTY SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
CHAPTER IX. CHANGES IN THE STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER 1787 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
CHAPTER X. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
CHAPTER XI. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND THE CONSTITUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
CHAPTER XII. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
CHAPTER XIII. THE INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY UPON THE CONSTITUTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
CHAPTER XIV. EFFECT OF THE TRANSITION FROM MINORITY TO MAJORITY RULE UPON MORALITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
CHAPTER XV. DEMOCRACY OF THE FUTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
WORKS CITED BY J . ALLEN SMITH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
EDITOR’S NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1965
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 66
- Main content: 419
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; Constitutional history -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674866317

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1965
ISBN: 9780674866300