TY - BOOK AU - Baldwin,Simeon E. ED - Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress) TI - Modern political institutions AV - JK246 .B18 U1 - 340 PY - 1898/// CY - Boston PB - Little, Brown KW - Constitutional law KW - United States KW - States KW - Corporations KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00117954523 ER -