Constitutionalism and the Changing World Collected Papers [Paperback]

This is a volume of fifteen collected papers on the history of constitutionalism and its bearing on contemporary problemsOriginally published in 1939, this is a volume of fifteen collected papers on the history of constitutionalism and its bearing on contemporary problems. All but a few deal practically with the liberal idea of a state conducted on lines at once constitutional and democratic, and the conflict of this ideal with totalitarian conceptions.Originally published in 1939, this is a volume of fifteen collected papers on the history of constitutionalism and its bearing on contemporary problems. All but a few deal practically with the liberal idea of a state conducted on lines at once constitutional and democratic, and the conflict of this ideal with totalitarian conceptions.Originally published in 1939, this is a volume of fifteen collected papers on the history of constitutionalism and its bearing on contemporary problems. All but a few deal practically with the liberal idea of a state conducted on lines at once constitutional and democratic, and the conflict of this ideal with totalitarian conceptions.Preface; 1. The historian's part in a changing world; 2. Sovereignty; 3. A fragment on sovereignty; 4. Whig sovereignty and Real sovereignty; 5. Due process of law in Magna Carta; 6. Magna Carta and Common Law; 7. Who was 'Rossaeus'?; 8. The House of Commons in 1621; 9. A forgotten worthy, Philip Hunton, and the sovereignty of King in Parliament; 10. The transfer of the Charter to New England and it significance in American constitutional history; 11. The fundamental law behind the Constitution of the United States; 12. Liberalism and the Totalitarian ideals; 13. Government by law; 14. The reconstruction of Liberalism; 15. The tenure of English judges; Index.