The seven-volume edition contains about 500 constitutional texts, constitutional amendments, failed constitutions and draft constitutions from the United States, all in their original languages and alphabetically ordered. The texts, including some rare original versions, have been edited and annotated on the basis of the printed official state documents and conventions, consulting the original manuscripts. The constitutional documents from Rio Grande to Texas are published in volume VI and the constitutional documents from Vermont to Wisconsin are published in volume VII.
The seven-volume edition contains 446 constitutional texts, constitutional amendments, failed constitutions and draft constitutions from the United States, all in their original languages and alphabetically ordered by states. The texts, including some rare original versions, have been edited and annotated on the basis of the printed official state documents and conventions, consulting the original manuscripts. The constitutional documents from Vermont to Wisconsin are published in volume VII.
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.
Excerpt from Federal and Unified Constitutions: A Collection of Constitutional Documents for the Use of Students This collection of documents relating to Federal and Legislative Unions has been prepared, in the first place, for the use of students in the Honours School of History in the University of London who are working on the special subject, "The Unification of South Africa." Certain constitutions are among the most familiar of political documents, and there are numberless commentaries upon them; but comprehensive collections of documents of this sort are lacking, and the assembling together in one volume of most of the historically important federal constitutions of modern times may, perhaps, be of general use to students of political institutions. In certain cases the device of legislative union has been preferred to federation, and some constitutional instruments embodying this device have been included for purposes of comparison. Some federal constitutions have had no long-continued existence, but are historically important as expressing particular points of view, or as directed to cope with particular dangers. Such are the New England Confederation of 1643, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America of 1861, and the abortive New Zealand Provincial Constitution of 1852. The Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Brazil has been included as an example of the important but comparatively little known constitutions of Latin America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
