The Constitution of the United States: In Some of its Fundamental Aspects [Reprint 2013 ed.] 9780674280359, 9780674730564


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Table of contents :
FOREWORD
PREFACE
CONTENTS
I. The Constitutional Convention of 1787
II. The Four Corner-Stones of the Constitution
III. Our Dual Form of Government
IV. What the Constitution Means to the Citizen
V. The Balance-Wheel of the Constitution
VI. The Dangers to Representative Government
INDEX
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THE BACON

LECTURESHIP

AT BOSTON

UNIVERSITY

FIRST SERIES : 1928

LONDON : H U M P H R E Y MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES In some of its Fundamental zAspects

BY

C A S P A R G. BACON, LL.B. M E M B E R OF T H E MASSACHUSETTS S E N A T E

CAMBRIDGE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1928

COPYRIGHT, 1928 BY THE PRESIDENT AKD FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

PRINTED AT THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASS., V. S, A,

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