William Dameron Guthrie, a leading New York constitutional lawyer, collects speeches on the roots and working of American law. He celebrates the seven-hundredth anniversary of Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact, then turns to constitutional morality, the Eleventh Amendment, criticism of the courts, graduated taxation, delays in criminal appeals, nominating conventions and the duty of citizenship.
A strongly conservative voice from the Progressive Era, for students of American constitutional debate. Download the free EPUB.