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Modern political institutions
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- Creator
- by Simeon E. Baldwin ..
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Boston : Little, Brown and company, 1898
- Physical Details
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- 4 preliminary leaves, 387 pages ; 21 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00894165
- Introduction.--The centenary of modern government.--The first century's changes in our state constitutions.--Absolute power, an American institution.--The exemption of the accused from examination in criminal proceedings.--Freedom of incorporation.--American jurisprudence.--The decadence of the legal fiction.--The recognition of habitual criminals as a class to be treated by itself.--The defence by the state of suits attacking testamentary charities.--Salaries for members of the legislature.--Permanent courts for international arbitration.--The Monroe doctrine in 1898