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As 24.25.065, A Statute Devolved From Aristotle's Rhetoric, Peter J. Aschenbrenner Oct 2014

As 24.25.065, A Statute Devolved From Aristotle's Rhetoric, Peter J. Aschenbrenner

Peter J. Aschenbrenner

The legislative council shall annually examine, AS 24.20.065(a) provides in paraphrase, published opinions of state courts that rely on state statutes if the opinions indicate unclear or ambiguous statutes. Our Constitutional Logic examines the collaboration theory of lawmakers, on the codelaw and caselaw side of the ledger.


An Exposition Of The Causes And Character Of The War, Peter J. Aschenbrenner Dec 2013

An Exposition Of The Causes And Character Of The War, Peter J. Aschenbrenner

Peter J. Aschenbrenner

In 1815 Congress produced a post-mortem, its second of the War of 1812, under the title ‘An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War,’ with a word count at 32,363. The date assigned for publication by the Annals of Congress (according to editors working at a two-decade remove) was February 10. A lot was happening. Events in February, 1815 include the Thankgiving resolution for Jackson’s victory at New Orleans which appears in proceedings for Wednesday February 15 with Monday, February 20 being the day the Treaty of Ghent was sent to the Senate. The Exposition is decidedly exculpatory: …


Henry Adams's History Of The United States Of America During The Second Administration Of James Madison In Mr Text, Peter J. Aschenbrenner Dec 2013

Henry Adams's History Of The United States Of America During The Second Administration Of James Madison In Mr Text, Peter J. Aschenbrenner

Peter J. Aschenbrenner

In 1890 Henry Adams sent to press his histories of the Jefferson and Madison administrations in nine volumes. Our Constitutional Logic presents machine-readable text of the History of the United States of America During the Second Administration of James Madison. The three volumes in this series (1890) are numbered VII, VIII and IX in the nine volume set but are numbered I, II and III, when considered as a stand-alone series. The 264,016 words deserve their day in fully searchable MR text format and OCL hereby obliges. Additional commentary on Adams as the founder of scientific history in the United …