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The American Constitution : the national powers, the rights of the states, the liberties of the people ; Lowell institute lectures, delivered at Boston, October-November, 1907 / Frederic Jesup Stimson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943, author.
- Series:
- Lowell Institute lectures.
- Lowell Institute lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.
- Contents:
- The meaning of the Constitution
- Constitutional rights peculiar to English and American freemen
- English liberty and the freedom of labor
- Development of these rights; their infringement by kings and their reestablishment by the people
- The expression of those liberties in our federal constitution
- Division of powers between legislative, executive and judicial; and between the federal government and the states
- Changes in the Constitution now proposed
- Interstate commerce, the control of trusts, and the regulation of corporations.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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