Senators Beholden to the People : Lincoln and the Doctrine of Instruction

Miller, Richard Lawrence

McFarland & Co Inc（2023/11発売）

McFarland & Co Inc（2023/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 130 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476691718
• DDC分類 320.973

Full Description

The American Republic's founders debated whether to have a government based on direct democracy (in which the general population decided public policy questions, as in a New England town meeting) or representative democracy (in which those decisions were made by senators and congressmen on behalf of the general population). A related issue was whether the general population should have the "right of instruction" which gave citizens authority to expel from office government officials who disobeyed the desires of the population. The right of instruction is now largely forgotten but in former times was considered so important that it was routinely included in state constitutions. This book examines the competition between direct democracy and representative democracy in the United States, focusing particularly on the doctrine of instruction, through the lens of the pre-presidential career of Abraham Lincoln.

Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1. Instruction

Part 2. Election of Senators by State Legislatures

Part 3. Lincoln's Experiences with U.S. Senate

delete Campaigns

Epilogue: A Modest Proposal

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index