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recent bookmarks from dunnettreaderCharles Howard McIlwain, Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern [1947] - Online Library of Liberty2014-07-12T07:16:24+00:00
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dunnettreader -- Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern explores the very roots of liberty by examining the development of modern constitutionalism from its ancient and medieval origins. Derived from a series of lectures delivered by Charles Howard McIlwain at Cornell University in the 1938–39 academic year, these lectures provide a useful introduction to the development of modern constitutional forms. -- Introduction states the "problem" beginning with Bolingbroke's definition of the Septennial Act and Whig abandonment of Revolution Principles, and Burke, Paine, arbitrary government and written constitutions. -- downloaded pdf to Note]]>books etexts political_philosophy political_history political_culture government-forms constitutionalism English_constitution US_constitution French_Revolution American_Revolution legal_system legal_history legal_theory judiciary checks-and-balances separation-of-powers Absolutism representative_institutions republics-Ancient_v_Modern medieval_history feudalism monarchy limited_monarchy resistance_theory social_contract public_opinion political_participation reform-political reform-legal Bolingbroke Revolution_Principles Whigs-oligarchy Whigs-opposition Burke Paine downloaded EF-addhttps://pinboard.in/u:dunnettreader/b:7555283cb96d/