Constitutionalism

America only was able to improve its civilian economy, mainly by providing large amounts of armament and supplies for the Allies. Rather than undermine the economy, the war became the best tool in bringing America out of the Great Depression. Still, it was thanks to Roosevelt’s war strategies that the US came out victorious from the military conflict. It was his belief that by keeping armed ground forces at the minimum level, he could improve the economy by securing the industrial production…

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are both political philosophers that have greatly influenced modern political thought. Both Hobbes and Locke reject the idea of a divine right, leading to both conveying their idea of a “social contract” an agreement between people and government, due to man living in “state of nature.” However, as both philosophers agreed on the existence of the state of “nature” the condition in which humanity resided before there was any form of civil society and a “social…

written constitution (Cornell 896-897). The Whiskey Rebels viewed their situation under the Federal Constitution as an improvement of their situation before the Revolution. The plebian constitutionalism did not only challenge the vision held by elite Federalists, but the Democratic-Republicans’ state-centered constitutionalism. For this reason, the militia under the Whiskey Rebellion acted as an agent of the spirit of the community, a view that opposed the idea that the state was the suitable…

Our history teacher, Mrs. Amendola, asked us to use our creativity to create a depiction of “The Constitution Tree of Government”, using a page in our history books that were on our tables. The point of the assignment was to identify the different branches of government. As well as to know the meaning behind them all. This particular assignment in whole was worth, 40 points. I decided to draw the outline of the tree first, to get an idea of what I wanted it to look like, how I would make it my…

interpersonal relationships between cultures. Liberty and Justice can be manipulated to work on one's behalf which implies inconsistency in fairness and all inclusivity. Thus potentially sparking changes in the future on a constitutional level. 1. Literature Review As liberty and freedom go hand in hand as through definition earlier, there is great cause to speculate that just through birth, all should be inherent to liberty and freedom to enjoy all that life has to offer as so repetitively…

Determining the zemstvos outcome is harder. Roberta Thompson-Manning points out in the development of constitutionalism, they played a minor role. While the zemstvos did petition the state increasingly for a national representative body, the vast majority of their requests were for changes that worked within the preexisting autocratic system. She argues they also did perpetuate the desires of the gentry far more than that of the peasantry. The zemstvo did not unite the social classes, but rather…

Introduction Legal formalism is a belief, in the capacity of legal rules, to determine the outcomes to legal disputes without having recourse to the judge’s political beliefs or sense of fairness. Formalism posits that judicial interpreters can and should be tightly constrained by the objectively determinable meaning of a statute; if unelected judges exercise much discretion in these cases, democratic governance is threatened. Legal-formalist have been severely criticised by, among others,…

As the concept of absolutism and constitutionalism developed in Europe, policies of countries began to change. In France, for instance, the reign of the absolutist monarch King Louis XIV saw several changes in foreign and domestic policies. The controller general at the time, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, helped Louis by implementing mercantilism, which is a concept in which countries believe their power depended on their wealth. Ultimately, mercantilism was extremely beneficial for France, as its…

Embodied in the US Constitution are six basic principles which have continued to provide the framework for our government for over two hundred years. These six principles are popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and feudalism. Popular sovereignty means that the political power ultimately rests with the people, so if the people don't approve of the government, they have the right to change it. This principle is included in the…

continued well into the nineteenth century under President James K. Polk who achieved victory in the Mexican-American war resulting in the annexation of the American Southwest. Andrew Jackson’s distinctive nationalistic values, principally strict constitutionalism, established the Jacksonian school of thought which continues to influence American politics to this day. Often misunderstood, the Jacksonian school can be characterized through its suspicion of federal power, economic approach to…