An Inquiry Into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States Tapa blanda - 2013

2013. ISBN-13: 9781616193201; ISBN-10: 1616193204. Taylor, John. An Inquiry into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States. Originally published: Fredericksburg: Green and Cady, 1814. With an introduction by Roy Franklin Nichols, Yale University Press, 1950. 562 pp. Reprinted 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616193201. ISBN-10: 1616193204. Paperback. New. $39.95 * Taylor wrote this important work in 1814 as a reply to John Adams's Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Unlike Adams, he rejects the concept of "a natural aristocracy" of "paper and patronage" and a federal government based on a system of debt and taxes. He considers the American government to be one of divided powers responsible to the sovereign people alone. Opposed to the extent of power awarded to the executive office, he calls for shorter terms for the president and all elected officers. Charles Beard said this work "deserves to rank among the two or three… Leer más

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