01643cam a2200301 a 4500001001300000003000400013005001700017007001500034008004100049010001700090040001800107043001200125050001600137051009300153082000800246100005100254245005900305260003600364300002100400504005100421505057600472530006901048651004401117650004701161650001801208710006401226856005101290c  98000216 DLC20260227111039.0cr_|||||||||||801211s1898    mau      b    001 0 eng    ac  98000216   aDLCcDLCdDLC  an-us---00aJK246b.B18  aJK246b.B18 Copy 3cWith author's presentation inscription to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.00a3401 aBaldwin, Simeon E.q(Simeon Eben),d1840-1927.10aModern political institutions /cby Simeon E. Baldwin.  aBoston :bLittle, Brown,c1898.  a387 p. ;c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe centenary of modern government -- The first century's changes in our state constitutions -- Absolute power, an American institution -- The exemption of the accused from examination in criminal proceedings -- Freedom of incorporation -- American jurisprudence -- The decadence of the legal fiction -- The recognition of habitual criminals as a class to be treated by itself -- The defence by the state of suits attacking testamentary charities -- Salaries for members of the legislature -- Permanent courts for international arbitration -- The Monroe doctrine in 1898.  aAlso available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government. 0aConstitutional lawzUnited StatesxStates. 0aCorporations.2 aOliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)5DLC41uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00117954523