Book contents
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Laws for the People
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Historical Part: Americans’ Longing for Laws for the People
- 4 Founding a Government of Laws
- 5 Building a Government of Laws in the First Century of the Republic
- 6 The Rise and Fall of Codes Fin de Siècle
- 7 Historical Epilogue
- Part III Comparative Part
- Appendix The Foreign Law Controversy and the Fate of Civil Law Scholarship in American Law Schools
- Index
4 - Founding a Government of Laws
from Part II - Historical Part: Americans’ Longing for Laws for the People
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2018
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Laws for the People
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Historical Part: Americans’ Longing for Laws for the People
- 4 Founding a Government of Laws
- 5 Building a Government of Laws in the First Century of the Republic
- 6 The Rise and Fall of Codes Fin de Siècle
- 7 Historical Epilogue
- Part III Comparative Part
- Appendix The Foreign Law Controversy and the Fate of Civil Law Scholarship in American Law Schools
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018