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Constitution Making In The Countries Of Former Soviet Dominance: Current Development, Rett R. Ludwikowski
Constitution Making In The Countries Of Former Soviet Dominance: Current Development, Rett R. Ludwikowski
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Building A Government Of Laws: Adams And Jefferson 1776–1779, James Maxeiner
Building A Government Of Laws: Adams And Jefferson 1776–1779, James Maxeiner
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America’s rule of law is not working well because many American lawyers confound their rule of law with common law and with common law methods. They overlook the contribution of good legislation to good government. They fixate on judges, judge-made law and procedure. America’s founders, in particular, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, did not. They were not entranced by common law and by common law methods. This chapter shows how in the first few years of American independence, Adams popularized the term “government of laws” and how Jefferson drafted statutes for a government of laws. Neither of them assigned common …