The evolution of the Constitution of the United States
Subtitle: showing that it is a development of progressive history and not an isolated document struck off at a given time or an imitation of English or Dutch forms of government
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Copyright date: 1897
Subjects: Constitutional history; United States
Table of contents: title: Ch. I. Confused ideas as to the origin of the Constitution; title: Ch. II. The colonial charters and constitutions; title: Ch. III. The Constitutions of 1776; title: Ch. IV. The English sources of the Constitution; title: Ch. V. The evolution from the colonial charters shown in detail; title: Ch. VI. The evolution of Federalism; title: Ch. VII. The evolution of Federalism shown in detail; title: Ch. VIII. Clauses of the Constitution which were of short development; title: Ch. IX. Dutch sources; title: Appendix. Constitution of the United States.