Covenant and Constitutionalism: The Great Frontier and the Matrix of Federal DemocracyTransaction Publishers, 1998 - 287 Seiten This volume traces the trends and the developing relationships of constitutionalism and covenant that ultimately led to the transformation of the latter into the former. Elazar explores the paths that emerged out of the constitutionalized covenantal tradition in Europe such as federalism, communitarianism, and the cooperative movement. |
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... constitution consented to by the people it served . This transformation marked the transition from premodern to ... constitutions . Together , they led to the establishment of the United States of America in the eighteenth century ...
... constitution consented to by the people it served . This transformation marked the transition from premodern to ... constitutions . Together , they led to the establishment of the United States of America in the eighteenth century ...
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... constitution , insofar as there is one , is the traditional body of accepted rules regarding the work- ings of the club and the administration that is dependent on it . The apo- theosis of this model is Westminster - style ...
... constitution , insofar as there is one , is the traditional body of accepted rules regarding the work- ings of the club and the administration that is dependent on it . The apo- theosis of this model is Westminster - style ...
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... Constitution- Constitution- Administration- charter tradition divided Apotheosis : Army Westminster Federal system system Excess : Totalitarian dictatorship Jacobin state Anarchy is a politics of equals based on negotiation and ...
... Constitution- Constitution- Administration- charter tradition divided Apotheosis : Army Westminster Federal system system Excess : Totalitarian dictatorship Jacobin state Anarchy is a politics of equals based on negotiation and ...
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... constitution and establishes the people or polity which then proceeds to adopt a constitution of government for itself . Thus , a consti- tution involves the implementation of a prior covenant - an effectuation or translation of a prior ...
... constitution and establishes the people or polity which then proceeds to adopt a constitution of government for itself . Thus , a consti- tution involves the implementation of a prior covenant - an effectuation or translation of a prior ...
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... constitutional regime . The generation that achieved the Declaration of Independence , fought the Revolutionary War , and established the United States under its new constitution was led by two groups : one coming out of the older ...
... constitutional regime . The generation that achieved the Declaration of Independence , fought the Revolutionary War , and established the United States under its new constitution was led by two groups : one coming out of the older ...
Inhalt
Covenant and the American Founding | 19 |
The Revolution and the Declaration of Independence | 49 |
Constitutions as Covenants | 77 |
The United States The Covenant Challenged | 101 |
Covenant and Contending Principles in the Expansion of the United States | 103 |
Slavery and Secession Covenant versus Compact | 125 |
Covenant and the Challenges of Human Nature | 147 |
The Sum of Covenantal Expressions | 169 |
Covenant on the Great Frontier | 193 |
The Western Hemisphere False and Real Frontiers | 195 |
Covenant as a TheoPolitical Tradition A Summary Statement | 245 |
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Abraham Lincoln Afrikaners agreement Ameri American political American Revolution Articles of Confederation basic basis became biblical British Canada Canadian Center Christian church civil society Clinton collectivist colonies combination commonwealth Confederation Congress constitutionalism corporatism covenant idea covenant theology covenant tradition covenantal tradition Daniel democratic developed dimension documents Donald Lutz Elazar enant England equal established European federal constitution federal liberty federal system federal theology Federalist founders frontier hierarchical human Ibid ideology individual influence institutions intellectual Israel Jewish John Lincoln Mark Twain Marranos Massachusetts Melville ment modern epoch moral nature nineteenth century organic original pact Perry Miller political compact political culture principles Protestantism Puritan Quebec Reformed Protestantism religion religious republic republican Revolutionary secular sense settlement settlers slavery social South Africa synthesis territory theory tion transformation U.S. Constitution U.S. Supreme Court Union United University Press Whiggism York Zionist
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