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    <title>Modern political institutions</title>
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    <namePart>Baldwin, Simeon E. (Simeon Eben)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1840-1927</namePart>
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    <namePart>Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)</namePart>
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    <publisher>Little, Brown</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1898</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>387 p. ; 21 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>The 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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Simeon E. Baldwin.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <note>Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.</note>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Constitutional law</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>States</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Corporations</topic>
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