Author : René Brunet
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656356676
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (566 download)
Book Synopsis The New German Constitution (Classic Reprint) by : René Brunet
Download or read book The New German Constitution (Classic Reprint) written by René Brunet and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New German Constitution The rhythm of human affairs is such that we may reason ably expect a return to the constitutional searchings of 1912 on a higher and different plane. Those who fix their eyes not upon the written letter of our Constitution, but upon judi cial decisions, political practice, and congressional procedure are never under the delusion that our constitutional system does not change. If, as Professor Seligman long ago pointed out, economic conditions are rapidly becoming the same all over the world with similar legal results, then we may, with proper warrant, expect very soon a new and lively examina tion of constitutional principles to break in upon us. M. Brunet's book fits in with the signs of the times. No person who pretends to be intelligent about constitutional matters can neglect it. It would be difficult to imagine anything more illuminating than a comparison of the Constitution of the United States drawn up in 1787, the fundamental law of the Australian Commonwealth adopted in 1900, and the new German Reichsverfassung of 1919, which vibrates with the tramp of the proletariat. In the attempt of the Germans to combine the strength of Hamilton's government with the democratic control so vaunted by Jefferson we have an experiment that ought to stir our deepest interest. In the provisions for social, not to say socialistic, enterprise, both the Australian and the German constitutions ofi'er noteworthy contrasts to our own fundamental law. It will not escape the close observer that the Germans have not created a Supreme court, on the model of our own, endowed with power to set aside acts of the executive and legislative branches of the government. The relations established by the Germans between the federal government and the states, ingenious compromises all must admit, ought to be studied in connection with Mr. Roosevelt's New Nationalism - not as an echo of a dead past but as a prophecy of the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.