La presente Constitución política de los Estados Unidos de Colombia de 1863 es más conocida como Constitución de Rionegro por haber sido promulgada en dicha localidad el 3 de febrero de 1863.
La Constitución mexicana de 1857 fue creada durante la Reforma Liberal de Benito Juárez y es considerada una de las constituciones más importantes de la historia de México.
El Acta de Federación de las Provincias Unidas de la Nueva Granada fue promulgada por las provincias que formaban parte del territorio central del Virreinato de la Nueva Granada (es decir, las que no pertenecían a la Capitanía General de Venezuela o a la Presidencia de Quito).
La Constitución española de 1837 intentó establecer un equilibrio conciliador entre progresistas y moderados, las fuerzas políticas con más peso en la España de entonces.
Constitución de Apatzingán de 1814 (22 de octubre de 1814)DECRETO CONSTITUCIONAL PARA LA LIBERTAD DE LA AMÉRICA MEXICANA, SANCIONADO EN APATZINGÁN A 22 DE OCTUBRE DE 1814El Supremo Congreso Mexicano deseoso de llenar las heroicas miras de la Nación, elevadas nada menos que al sublime objeto de sustraerse para siempre de la dominación extranjera, y substituir al despotismo de la monarquía de España un sistema de administración que reintegrando a la Nación misma en el goce de sus augustos imprescriptibles derechos, la conduzca a la gloria de la independencia, y afiance sólidamente la prosperidad de los ciudadanos, decreta la siguiente forma de gobierno, sancionando ante todas cosas los principios tan sencillos como luminosos en que pueden solamente cimentarse una constitución justa y saludable.
The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.
The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, andJohn Jay, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.
Gamboa's World examines the changing legal landscape of eighteenth-century Mexico through the lens of the jurist Francisco Xavier de Gamboa (1717-1794).
In Traveling the Beaten Trail: Charles Tait's Charges to Federal Grand Juries 1822-1825, a concise and essential addition to the Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library, authors Paul M.
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A concise, informative guide to the twenty most momentous Court rulings in American history, including excerpts from the written decisions and dissents.
Tyrannicide uses a captivating narrative to unpack the experiences of slavery and slave law in South Carolina and Massachusetts during the Revolutionary Era.
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Although Mexico's Constitution of 1917 mandated the division of large landholdings, provided land for the landless, and guaranteed workers the rights to organize, strike, and bargain collectively, it also guaranteed fundamental liberal rights to property and due process that enabled property owners and employers to resist the implementation of the new social rights by filing suit in federal court.
Fathers of Conscience examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children.
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Lincoln scholars explore the president’s law career in this informative volume, examining his legal writings on matters from ethics to the Constitution.