TY - BOOK AU - Taft, William H. TI - Popular government: its essence, its permanence and its perils AV - JF223 .T3 U1 - 321.082 PY - 1913/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale university press KW - United States KW - Politics and government N1 - Rare Book copy: Inscribed by the author to John Wesley Hill; The meaning of "We, the people of the United States,' in the preamble of the Constitution.--The representative system.--The initiative and the referendum.--The initiative, the referendum, the recall (continued).--The direct primary.--"In order to form a more perfect union."--"To establish justice."--"To establish justice" (continued): The selection and tenure of judges.--"To establish justice" (continued): Public need of educated lawyers and judges.--The necessity and advantage of judge-made laws.--"To insure domestic tranquility provide for the common defense." ER -