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We, the people
Title
We, the people.
Creator
Clark, Joseph
Date Issued
1937
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/1745553
Subject Headings
Constitutional history --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Address to the citizens of Pittsburgh, July 9, 1833
Title
Address to the citizens of Pittsburgh, July 9, 1833.
Creator
Webster, Daniel 1782-1852, Buckingham, Joseph T. (Joseph Tinker) 1779-1861
Abstract/Description
By Daniel Webster. Associated Mechanics of the Town of Boston. Cover title: Address before the citizens of Pittsburgh, Pa. by Daniel Webster. "The following circular was prepared by the Mechanics of Boston, and sent to the same classes of citizens in most of the large towns in the United States. Boston, August 20, 1788."--page [31]-32."Errata."-page 6. FAU copy imperfect: cover missing; edges trimmed to 20 cm.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb11f20
Subject Headings
Constitution (United States), Nullification (States' rights), Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, Protectionism, United States -- Constitution
Format
E-book
Count the cost : an address to the people of Connecticut, on sundry political subjects, and particularly on the proposition for a new constitution
Title
Count the cost : an address to the people of Connecticut, on sundry political subjects, and particularly on the proposition for a new constitution.
Creator
Steadfast, Jonathan
Abstract/Description
Address to the people of Connecticut, on sundry political subjects, and particularly on the proposition for a new constitution. Attributed to David Daggett in Dexter, F.B. Biog. sketches of the grads. of Yale Coll., v. 4. "A view of the fiscal concerns of Connecticut."--Appendix, page [i]-ii. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴. FAU Libraries' have two copies. First copy with untrimmed edges (23 cm); side stiched with brown cord. Second copy imperfect, title-page missing.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb8f26
Subject Headings
Connecticut -- Constitution, Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865, Constitutional history -- Connecticut, Finance, Public -- Connecticut, Constitutions -- Connecticut, United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809 -- Sources
Format
E-book
Mr. Daggett's Argument before the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut
Title
Mr. Daggett's Argument before the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut.
Creator
Daggett, David 1764-1851
Abstract/Description
Address to the people of Connecticut, on sundry political subjects, and particularly on the proposition for a new constitution. Attributed to David Daggett in Dexter, F.B. Biog. sketches of the grads. of Yale Coll., v. 4. "A view of the fiscal concerns of Connecticut."--Appendix, page [i]-ii. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴. FAU Libraries' have two copies. First copy with untrimmed edges (23 cm); side stiched with brown cord. Second copy imperfect, title-page missing.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb8f25
Subject Headings
Connecticut -- Constitution, Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865, Constitutional history -- Connecticut, Finance, Public -- Connecticut, Constitutions -- Connecticut, United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809 -- Sources
Format
E-book
comparative analysis of the French and American judicial systems and the cultural effects of judicial decisions
Title
A comparative analysis of the French and American judicial systems and the cultural effects of judicial decisions.
Creator
Avari, Cynthia., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
The histories of France and the United States of America are often compared alongside the judicial systems of each country. While the histories of the countries, starting with the French and American revolutions, have similarities, the judicial systems themselves are based on different schools of thought. The French method of judicial decision making is based on the Napoleonic code whereas the American method is based on that of common law. In available literature regarding comparisons of...
Show moreThe histories of France and the United States of America are often compared alongside the judicial systems of each country. While the histories of the countries, starting with the French and American revolutions, have similarities, the judicial systems themselves are based on different schools of thought. The French method of judicial decision making is based on the Napoleonic code whereas the American method is based on that of common law. In available literature regarding comparisons of France and the United States, it is an assumption that, if the American and French judicial systems are based on different legal theories, the cultural effects of those systems must also be different. Contrary to these expectations, however, my analysis of court cases focusing on labor unions' right to strike demonstrates that there are similarities in judicial decisions' effects on society.
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Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77655
Subject Headings
Justice, Administration of, Justice, Administration of, Constitutional law, Philosophy, Constitutional law, Philosophy
Format
Document (PDF)
The revolutionary labor amendment and the Constitution
Title
The revolutionary labor amendment and the Constitution.
Creator
Child, Sampson R.
Date Issued
1925-02-24
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/DT/369297
Subject Headings
Children --Employment --Law and legislation --United States., Constitutional amendments --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
A period of peril : address delivered at the centennial celebration of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States
Title
A period of peril : address delivered at the centennial celebration of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
Creator
Baxter, James Phinney, 1831-1921
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb24f16
Subject Headings
Constitutional history -- United States, United States -- Constitution -- Centennial celebrations, etc, United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc. -- Maine -- Portland, United States Constitutional Convention (1787) -- Centennial celebrations, etc, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format
E-book
Debates of the Convention of the state of Pennsylvania on the Constitution, proposed for the government of the United States : in two volumes.
Title
Debates of the Convention of the state of Pennsylvania on the Constitution, proposed for the government of the United States : in two volumes.
Creator
Pennsylvania Convention (1787), Lloyd, Thomas 1756-1827
Abstract/Description
Vol. I taken accurately in short-hand by Thomas Lloyd. [Two lines from Pope] Proceedings and debates of the 12th General Assembly of Pennsylvania.The second leaf bears the title: The speeches of Thomas M'Kean & James Wilson, Esquires, in which they have unfolded the principles of free government...Only Volume I was published. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-T⁴ (T4 verso blank). Copyright entered 29 December 1787. "The Constitution proposed for the government of the United States of America."--page [5]-19....
Show moreVol. I taken accurately in short-hand by Thomas Lloyd. [Two lines from Pope] Proceedings and debates of the 12th General Assembly of Pennsylvania.The second leaf bears the title: The speeches of Thomas M'Kean & James Wilson, Esquires, in which they have unfolded the principles of free government...Only Volume I was published. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-T⁴ (T4 verso blank). Copyright entered 29 December 1787. "The Constitution proposed for the government of the United States of America."--page [5]-19. Drop-head title page [21]: Debates of the Convention of Pennsylvania. A variant has pages 21-24 misnumbered 20-23. "Errata."--Page [4], second counting at end.
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PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb7f24
Subject Headings
Constitution (United States), Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Constitutional law -- United States -- Early works to 1800, Constitutions -- United States -- Early works to 1800, Federal government -- United States -- Early works to 1800, Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865 -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Constitutional Convention -- (1787) -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789 -- Early works to 1800
Format
E-book
The rhetoric of law and love: legally (re)defining marriage
Title
The rhetoric of law and love: legally (re)defining marriage.
Creator
Higgs, Volrick Wallace, Mulvaney, Becky, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description
In just over one year since United States v. Windsor— the case invalidating sections of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage, for purposes of federal statutes, as the “union of man and woman”— more than a dozen states have had their same-sex marriage bans ruled unconstitutional. This suggests a shift in legal meaning; previously successful arguments against same-sex “marriage” now seem irrational as argumentative ground has shifted. Since favorable rulings redefine ...
Show moreIn just over one year since United States v. Windsor— the case invalidating sections of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage, for purposes of federal statutes, as the “union of man and woman”— more than a dozen states have had their same-sex marriage bans ruled unconstitutional. This suggests a shift in legal meaning; previously successful arguments against same-sex “marriage” now seem irrational as argumentative ground has shifted. Since favorable rulings redefine “marriage” to include same-sex unions, this thesis analyzes Kitchen v. Herbert, a 2014 legal opinion from the United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit, to understand the rhetorical processes underpinning its redefinitional act. That analysis draws on Kenneth Burke’s theories of entitling and constitutions and discusses the rhetorical concepts of terministic screens, casuistic screens, scope and circumference as key features of the rhetoric of the legal opinions. The findings call for a balancing of deconstructive and conventional approaches to legal discourse.
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Date Issued
2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004378, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004378
Subject Headings
Constitutional law -- United States, Identity (Psychology), Marriage -- United States -- Government policy, Same sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States, United States -- Defense of Marriage Act
Format
Document (PDF)
An address to the people of the state of New-York : shewing the necessity of making amendments to the Constitution, proposed for the United States, previous to its adoption. By a plebeian.
Title
An address to the people of the state of New-York : shewing the necessity of making amendments to the Constitution, proposed for the United States, previous to its adoption. By a plebeian.
Creator
Smith, Melancton 1744-1798
Abstract/Description
Attributed to Smith in: Ford, Paul Leicester. Bibliography and reference list of the history and literature relating to the adoption of the Constitution (Brooklyn, 1896). City of publication and printer's name suggested by Evans. The American Antiquarian Society copy is inscribed in the hand of Thomas Wallcut: Bought of Thomas Greenleaf, printer, N. York. Ascribed to the press of Robert Hodge by Ford. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴ D² (D2 blank). Postscript, page [23]-26, contains remarks on John Jay...
Show moreAttributed to Smith in: Ford, Paul Leicester. Bibliography and reference list of the history and literature relating to the adoption of the Constitution (Brooklyn, 1896). City of publication and printer's name suggested by Evans. The American Antiquarian Society copy is inscribed in the hand of Thomas Wallcut: Bought of Thomas Greenleaf, printer, N. York. Ascribed to the press of Robert Hodge by Ford. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴ D² (D2 blank). Postscript, page [23]-26, contains remarks on John Jay's "Address to the people of the state of New-York, on the subject of the Constitution."
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PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb7f22
Subject Headings
Constitution (United States), Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, Constitutional law -- United States -- Popular works -- Early works to 1800, Constitutions -- United States -- Early works to 1800, Federal government -- United States -- Early works to 1800, Jay, John -- 1745-1829 -- Address to the people of the state of New York on the subject of the Constitution, New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865 -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Constitutional Convention -- (1787) -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789 -- Early works to 1800
Format
E-book
DNA profiling and Fourth Amendment privacy
Title
DNA profiling and Fourth Amendment privacy.
Creator
Ohm, Daniel., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
DNA profiling is a newly developed technique used by law enforcement agencies in the United States as a form of individual identification to prove whether a suspect is guilty. Due to the fact that it is a newly developed technology there is little legislation to regulate its proper uses and restrictions. Therefore restrictions are largely determined by court decisions as to whether DNA profiling violates constitutional rights. Current decisions in state and federal district courts tend to...
Show moreDNA profiling is a newly developed technique used by law enforcement agencies in the United States as a form of individual identification to prove whether a suspect is guilty. Due to the fact that it is a newly developed technology there is little legislation to regulate its proper uses and restrictions. Therefore restrictions are largely determined by court decisions as to whether DNA profiling violates constitutional rights. Current decisions in state and federal district courts tend to permit use of DNA profiling without a warrant. These decisions violate principles of privacy guaranteed by the US Constitution as interpreted in pre-DNA fourth amendment cases. By drawing on fourth amendment case law and commentaries, I shall argue that while in some cases no warrant is required for DNA profiling - when it is conducted upon people who have been convicted of a felony - or all other people, a warrant should be required.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3325084
Subject Headings
DNA fingerprinting, Privacy, Right of, Criminal justice, Administration of
Format
Document (PDF)
Gun control in Florida
Title
Gun control in Florida: an analysis of the Right to Carry Law of 1987.
Creator
Mathews, Sunil., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
In 1987, Florida passed a Right to Carry Law, allowing citizens to purchase a concealed weapons license. Bill proponents believe that an armed citizenry will deter crime. This study examines the relationship between gun control legislation and violent crime in Florida. By using multiple regression analysis, I conclude that gun control legislation has a significant effect on homicide rates, and the presence of national economic conditions is associated with violent crime in Florida.
Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3325083
Subject Headings
Firearms ownership, Law and legislation, Violence, Prevention, Firearms, Law and legislation, Gun control
Format
Document (PDF)
Who framed and ratified the Constitution for the United States?" : a lecture delivered before the Young Men's Democratic Club of Philadelphia, February 22d, 1867
Title
Who framed and ratified the Constitution for the United States?" : a lecture delivered before the Young Men's Democratic Club of Philadelphia, February 22d, 1867.
Creator
Pue, Hugh A. 1812-1867, Young Mens' Democratic Club of Philadelphia
Abstract/Description
Cover title.Title within type-ornament border. Includes bibliographical references. FAU Libraries' copy has original printed wrappers, side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f15
Subject Headings
Constitutional history -- United States, Constitutional law -- United States, Postwar reconstruction -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format
E-book
The Virginia constitution of 1776. A discourse delivered before the Virginia Historical Society, at their annual meeting, January 17th, 1852.
Title
The Virginia constitution of 1776. A discourse delivered before the Virginia Historical Society, at their annual meeting, January 17th, 1852.
Creator
Washington, H. A. (Henry Augustine) 1820-1858, Macfarlane & Fergusson
Abstract/Description
"Published by the Society." FAU copy in original pink paper wrappers; side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb16f17
Subject Headings
Constitutional history -- Virginia, Virginia -- Constitution (1776), Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783, Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783, Constitutions -- Virginia, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Politics and government -- 18th century
Format
E-book
Address of Thomas D. Eliot, of the 1st congressional district of Massachusetts, to his constituents.
Title
Address of Thomas D. Eliot, of the 1st congressional district of Massachusetts, to his constituents.
Creator
Eliot, Thomas D. (Thomas Dawes) 1808-1870, Polkinhorn, Henry 1813-1890
Abstract/Description
Caption title. Imprint from colophon, page 8."Washington, February, 1861."--Page 8.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb19f27
Subject Headings
Constitutional history -- United States, Secession -- United States, Slavery -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, States' rights (American politics), United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes, United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861
Format
E-book
Character and results of the war. : how to prosecute and how to end it.
Title
Character and results of the war. : how to prosecute and how to end it.
Creator
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1818-1893, Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison) 1811-1883
Abstract/Description
Caption title, page [1]: Speech of Major-General Butler. Notes: Speech delivered at the Academy of Music, New York, 2 April 1863, with preliminary matter including Butler's response to the invitation to speak (but not the text of the invitation itself), and introductory speeches by Senator (Edwin D.) Morgan, General (John E.) Wool, and the mayor of New York (George Opdyke). Cover title. Published by the Union League of Philadelphia in May, 1863. "Extracts from the New York Times. Washington,...
Show moreCaption title, page [1]: Speech of Major-General Butler. Notes: Speech delivered at the Academy of Music, New York, 2 April 1863, with preliminary matter including Butler's response to the invitation to speak (but not the text of the invitation itself), and introductory speeches by Senator (Edwin D.) Morgan, General (John E.) Wool, and the mayor of New York (George Opdyke). Cover title. Published by the Union League of Philadelphia in May, 1863. "Extracts from the New York Times. Washington, Monday, April 13 ...", pages [2]-[4] of wrapper. A variant 32 pages printing, with identical title, has text on printed wrappers pages [2] and [3] headed "The Southern Confederacy organized to oppose civilization," followed on page [3] by "Major-General Rosecrans on slavery", which concludes with a letter dated April 27, 1863 (page [4] blank). Also published under title: How to prosecute and how to end the war. Listed by Sabin in a note appended to entry 9615 ("Character and results of the war ... Philadelphia. 1863. 8vo, pp. 32"). FAU copy has original printed wrappers; side stitched with cord. Indexed by: "List of publications distributed by the Board of Publication of the Union League of Philadelphia." In Chronicle of the Union League of Philadelphia, 154-159, 15. Bartlett, J.R. Literature of the Rebellion, 749. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 9615 (note)
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PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb21f5
Subject Headings
Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Secession -- United States, Slavery -- United States, Southern States -- Politics and government, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Format
E-book
Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln : before the General Assembly of Connecticut, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Thursday, June 8th, 1865
Title
Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln : before the General Assembly of Connecticut, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Thursday, June 8th, 1865.
Creator
Deming, Henry Champion 1815-1872, A. N. Clark & Co
Abstract/Description
Alternate title: In Memoriam Abraham Lincoln. Notes: Cover title. Text in black mourning border. Issued in wrappers of dark brown ribbed cloth backed with paper, front cover lettered in gold; or in white printed wrappers; both with cover title "In memoriam Abraham Lincoln." FAU Libraries' copy has original glossy white wrappers; side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb22f34
Subject Headings
Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources, Eulogies, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Sermons, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Views on the Constitution, Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Presidents -- United States -- Death, Slavery -- United States, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Format
E-book
A dissertation in answer to a late lecture on the political state of America : read in New-Haven, January 12th, 1789, during the adjourned sessions of the honorable legislature : to which is added, a short poem spoken at the same time
Title
A dissertation in answer to a late lecture on the political state of America : read in New-Haven, January 12th, 1789, during the adjourned sessions of the honorable legislature : to which is added, a short poem spoken at the same time.
Creator
Hillhouse, William 1757-1833, Thomas and Samuel Green (Firm)
Abstract/Description
by William Hillhouse, Jun. Esq., attorney at law. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴ (C4 verso blank). FAU Libraries' copy appears to have been trimmed to 20 cm.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb8f5
Subject Headings
Poems -- 1789, United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789 -- Early works to 1800
Format
E-book
Speech of Major Gen'l John A. Rawlins, chief of staff, U.S.A. : General Grant's views in harmony with Congress : authentic exposition of his principles.
Title
Speech of Major Gen'l John A. Rawlins, chief of staff, U.S.A. : General Grant's views in harmony with Congress : authentic exposition of his principles.
Creator
Rawlins, John A. (John Aaron) 1831-1869, Union Republican Congressional Committee
Abstract/Description
General Grant's views in harmony with Congress. Speech of Major General John A. Rawlins, chief of staff, U.S.A. Notes: Caption title. Speech made at Galena, Illinois, June 21st, 1867. Colophon reads: Chronicle Print, Washington, D.C. Two columns to the page. FAU Libraries' copy has unopened pages.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f16
Subject Headings
Campaign literature -- 1867 -- Republican, Campaign literature -- United States, Civil rights -- United States, Congressional addresses -- 1867, Constitutional amendments -- United States, Constitutional history -- United States -- 19th century -- Sources, Grant, Ulysses S. -- (Ulysses Simpson) -- 1822-1885, Postwar reconstruction -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Influence, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Format
E-book
Speech of Hon. Alex. W. Buel, in defence of the Constitution and the Union. Delivered at a public dinner given to him by his fellow-citizens, at Detroit, November 19, 1850.
Title
Speech of Hon. Alex. W. Buel, in defence of the Constitution and the Union. Delivered at a public dinner given to him by his fellow-citizens, at Detroit, November 19, 1850.
Creator
Buel, Alexander Woodruff 1813-1868
Abstract/Description
Speech of Honorable Alexander W. Buel, in defense of the Constitution and the Union.Notes: FAU copy in original paper wrappers; side stiched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb15f7
Subject Headings
Compromise of 1850, Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- History -- Sources, Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- Sources, Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States, Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History, Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources, United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1853, United States -- Constitution, United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850), United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Sources
Format
E-book

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