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Some Thoughts On The Constitution Of Rhode Island

Some Thoughts On The Constitution Of Rhode Island

Durfee, Thomas

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General ReferenceGeneral LawGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 9354488358
ISBN13: 9789354488351
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At a time when the meaning of constitutions is contested afresh, Thomas Durfee's Some Thoughts On The Constitution Of Rhode Island offers a measured, learned voice from the nineteenth century. Its questions still resonate today. Written by a distinguished Rhode Island jurist, it reflects on the origins, structure, and practical workings of the state's fundamental law, offering a Rhode Island constitution analysis that links state governance and rights to the broader currents of American constitutional development. Both an accessible constitutional law treatise and an American legal classic in miniature, it opens a window onto 19th century Rhode Island, its political ideals, and the unique place of New England legal history in the making of the United States. Durfee's reflections form a compact state constitution commentary reference, rich in state constitutional history and Rhode Island political history, and invaluable for legal historians, constitutional scholars, and thoughtful general readers interested in an American constitutional history book beyond the federal frame. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Republished in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while remaining effortless to read, making it as suitable for study and citation as for the shelves of classic-literature and legal-history collectors.

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