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1.

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America
by U.S. Government Printing Office. 56 pgs.

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House Concurrent Resolution Number 65

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In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration by the Representatives of The United States of America, in General Congress Assembled

Notes Regarding the Signing of the Declaration

The Constitution of the United States of America

In Convention, Monday September 17th, 1787

The United States in Congress Assembled, Saturday, September 13, 1788

Amendments to the Constitution

Proposed Amendments to the Constitution not Ratified by the States

Proposed Amendments to the Constitution not Ratified by the States

Note Regarding Typographical Style

Index to Names and Subjects
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The Federalist Papers Reader and Historical Documents of Our American Heritage
by Frederick Quinn. 268 pgs.

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Foreword

Preface

Editor's Preface

Acknowledgments

The: Federalist: a Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution,

Introduction

The Federalist: Addressed to the People of the State of New York

No. 1: Introduction

No. 2: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence

No. 3: The Same Subject Continued

No. 6: Concerning Dangers from War between the States

No. 8: The Effects of Internal War in Producing Standing Armies and Other Institutions Unfriendly to Liberty

No. 9: The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection

No. 10: The Same Subject Continued

No. 15: Concerning the Defects of the Present Confederation in Relation to the Principle of Legislation for the States in Their Collective Capacities

No. 16: The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Same Principle

No. 23: The Necessity of a Government at Least Equally Energetic with the One Proposed

No. 37: Concerning the Difficulties Which the Convention Must Have Experienced in the Formation of a Proper Plan

No. 39: The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles: an Objection in Respect to the Powers of the Convention Examined

No. 47: The Meaning of the Maxim, Which Requires a Separation of the Departments of Power, Examined and Ascertained

No. 48: The Same Subject Continued with a View to the Means of Giving Efficacy in Practice to That Maxim

No. 49: The Same Subject Continued with the Same View

No. 51: The Same Subject Continued with the Same View and Concluded

No. 62: Concerning the Constitution of the Senate with Regard to the Qualifications of the Members, the Manner of Appointing Them, the Equality of Representation, the Number of the Senators and the Duration of Their Appointments

No. 63: A Further View of the Constitution of the Senate in Regard to the Duration of Appointment of Its Members

No. 70: The Same View Continued in Relation to the Unity of the Executive, with an Examination of the Project of an Executive Council

No. 78: A View of the Constitution of the Judicial Department in Relation to the Tenure of Good Behavior

No. 79: A Further View of the Judicial Department in Relation to the Provisions for the Support and Responsibility of the Judges

No. 84: Concerning Several Miscellaneous Objections

No. 85: Conclusion

The Constitution of the United States of America

Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America

Notes

Index

Additional Historical Documents of Our American Heritage

The Declaration of Independence -- Introduction

Declaration of Independence: In Congress July 4, 1776 the Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

George Washington's Farewell Address -- Introduction

George Washington's Farewell Address

The Gettysburg Address-Introduction

The Gettysburg Address

The Emancipation Proclamation-Introduction

The Emancipation Proclamation

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Select Charters and Other Documents Illustrative of American History, 1606-1775
by William MacDonald. 408 pgs.

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No. 1. First Charter of Virginia: April 10/20, 1606

No. 3. Third Charter of Virginia: March 12/22, 1611/12

No. 5. Mayflower Compact: November 11/21, 1620

No. 6. Ordinance for Virginia: July 24/August 3, 1621

No. 7. Grant of Maine to Gorges and Mason: August 10/20, 1622

No. 8. First Charter of Massachusetts: March 4/14, 1628/9

No. 9. Charter of Privileges to Patroons: June 7/17, 1629

No. 11. Plymouth Patent: January 13/23, 1629/30

No. 12. Charter of Maryland: June 20/30, 1632

No. 15. Grant of the Province of Maine: April 3/13, 1639

No. 16. Fundamental Articles of New Haven: June 4/14, 1639

No. 17. Massachusetts Body of Liberties: December, 1641

No. 18. Patent of Providence Plantations: March 14/24, 1643

No. 19. New England Confederation: May 19/29, 1643

No. 21. Maryland Toleration Act: April, 1649

No. 22. Navigation Act: October 9/19, 1651

No. 23. First Navigation Act: 1660

No. 24. Charter of Connecticut: April 23/May 3, 1662

No. 26. First Charter of Carolina: March 24/April 3, 1662/3

No. 27. Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: July 8/18, 1663

No. 28. Second Navigation Act: 1663

No. 29. Grant to the Duke of York: March 12/22, 1663/4

No. 30. Grant of New Jersey to Berkeley and Carteret: June 20/30, 1664

No. 32. Second Charter of Carolina: June 30/July 10, 1665

No. 33. Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina: March 1/11, 1669/70

No. 37. Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey: March 3/13, 1676/7

No. 35. Grant of New Jersey to Carteret: July 29/August 8, 1674

No. 38. Charter of Pennsylvania: March 4/14, 1680/81

No. 39. Grant of East New Jersey: March 14/24, 1682/3

No. 40. Frame of Government of Pennsylvania: April 25/May 5, 1682

No. 41. Pennsylvania and Delaware Frame: April 2/12, 1683

No. 42. Second Charter of Massachusetts October 7/17, 1691

No. 44. Pennsylvania Frame of Government: November, 1696

No. 6. Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges October 28/November 8, 1701

No. 48. Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts: August 26/September 6, 1725

No. 50. Molasses Act: May 17/28, 1733

No. 52. Albany Plan of Union: July 10, 1754

No. 53. Writ of Assistance: December 2, 1762

No. 55. Royal Proclamation Concerning America: October 7, 1763

No. 57. Stamp Act: March 22, 1765

No. 58. Quartering Act: April, 1765

No. 60. Declaratory Act: March 18, 1766

Townshend Acts

No. 63. Revenue Act: June 29, 1767

No. 64. Tea Act: July 2, 1767

No. 67. Virginia Resolutions: March 12, 1773

No. 69. Massachusetts Government Act: May 20, 1774

No. 7. Administration of Justice Act: May 20, 1774

No. 72. Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress: October 14, 1774

No. 73. the Association: October 20, 1774

No. 75. New England Restraining Act: March 30, 1775

No. 76. Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms: July 6, 1775

No. 77. Petition to the King

No. 78. Report on Lord North's Conciliatory Resolution

No. 79. Proclamation of Rebellion: August 23, 1775

No. 80. Act Prohibiting Trade and Intercourse with America: December 22, 1775

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Select Statutes and Other Documents Illustrative of the History of the United States, 1861-1898
by William MacDonald. 442 pgs.

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No. 1. Call for 75,000 Volunteers April 15, 1861

No. 4. Act for a National Loan July 17, 1861

No. 5. Act Authorizing the Employment Of Volunteers July 22, 1861

No. 6. Resolution on the Nature and Object Of the War July 22, 1861

No. 9. Act to Define and Punish Certain Conspiracies July 31, 1861

No. 7. Indemnity for State War Expenses July 27, 1861

No. 10. Supplementary National Loan Act August 5, 1861

No. 11. Confiscation Act August 6, 1861

No. 12. Act Authorizing the Seizure of Railroad and Telegraph Lines January 31, 1862

No. 13. Act Prohibiting the Coolie Trade February 19, 1862

No. 14. Act Authorizing the Issue of Legal Tender Notes February 25, 1862

No. 15. Act for an Additional Article of War March 13, 1862

No. 16. Act Authorizing Further Purchase Of Coin March 17, 1862

No. 17. Joint Resolution on Compensated Emancipation April 10, 1862

No. 19. Collection of Direct Taxes in Insurrectionary States June 7, 1862

No. 20. Abolition of Slavery in the Territories June 19, 1862

No. 21. Anti-Polygamy Act July 1, 1862

No. 22. Oath of Office July 2, 1862

No. 23. Election of Representatives by Districts July 14, 1862

No. 24. Confiscation Act July 17, 1862

No. 25. Act to Authorize Payments in Stamps July 17, 1862

No. 26. Militia Act July 17, 1862

No. 28. Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863

No. 30. Act to Provide Ways and Means For The Support of the Government March 3, 1863

No. 31. Enrolment Act March 3, 1863

No. 32. Act Relating to Habeas Corpus March 3, 1863

No. 34. Resolution Against Foreign Mediation March 3, 1863

No. 35. Proclamation of Amnesty December 8, 1863

No. 37. National Bank Act June 3, 1864

No. 38. Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law June 28, 1864

No. 39. Intercourse with Insurrectionary States July 2, 1864

No. 41. Act to Encourage Immigration July 4, 1864

No. 42. Proclamation Regarding Reconstruction July 8, 1864

No. 43. Electoral Count February 8, 1865

No. 44. Freedmen's Bureau March 3, 1865

No. 45. Freedom for Soldiers' Families March 3, 1865

No. 46. Proclamation of Amnesty May 29, 1865

No. 48. Thirteenth Amendment December 18, 1865

No. 49. Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End April 2, 1866

No. 50. First Civil Rights Act April 9, 1866

No. 51. Supplementary Freedmen's Bureau Act July 16, 1866

No. 52. Restoration of Tennessee July 24, 1866

No. 54. Franchise in the District of Columbia January 8, 1867

No. 56. First Reconstruction Act March 2, 1867

No. 57. Tenure of Office Act March 2, 1867

No. 58. Act of Indemnity March 2, 1867

No. 59. Command of the Army March 2, 1867

No. 60. Abolition of Peonage March 2, 1867

No. 61. Payments to Disloyal Persons March 2, 1867

No. 62. Second Reconstruction Act March 23, 1867

No. 63. Treaty with Russia for the Cession Of Alaska March 30, 1867

No. 64. Third Reconstruction Act July 19, 1867

No. 65. Act Suspending Reduction of The Currency February 4, 1868

No. 66. Articles of Impeachment March 2-3, 1868

No. 67. Fourth Reconstruction Act March 11, 1868

No. 68. Act Admitting Arkansas to Representation in Congress June 22, 1868

No. 69. Act Admitting North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, And Florida to Representation in Congress June 25, 1868

No. 70. Eight-Hour Law June 25, 1868

No. 71. Oath of Office July 11, 1868

No. 72. Joint Resolution Excluding Electoral Votes of the Late Rebellious States July 20, 1868

No. 73. Rights of American Citizens In Foreign States July 27, 1868

No. 74. Fourteenth Amendment to The Constitution July 28, 1868

No. 75. Proclamation Granting Full Amnesty December 25, 1868

No. 77. Extradition Act March 3, 1869

No. 79. Equal Rights in the District Of Columbia March 18, 1869

No. 80. Amended Tenure of Office Act April 5, 1869

No. 81. Submission of the Constitutions Of Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas April 10, 1869

No. 82. Reconstruction of Georgia December 22, 1869

No. 83. Admission of Virginia to Representation in Congress January 26, 1870

No. 85. Act to Enforce the Fifteenth Amendment May 31, 1870

No. 87. Naturalization Act July 14, 1870

No. 88. Act for Refunding the National Debt July 14, 1870

No. 89. Act for the Restoration of Georgia July 15, 1870

No. 91. Supplementary Act to Enforce The Fifteenth Amendment February 28, 1871

No. 92. Act to Enforce the Fourteenth Amendment April 20, 1871

No. 93. Treaty of Washington May 8, 1871

No. 94. Act Removing Political Disabilities May 22, 1872

No. 95. Supplementary Federal Election Law June 10, 1872

No. 96. Coinage Act February 12, 1873

No. 98. Resumption of Specie Payments January 14, 1875

No. 99. Civil Rights Act March 1, 1875

No. 100. Joint Resolution for the Issue Of Silver Coin July 22, 1876

No. 101. Electoral Count Act January 29, 1877

No. 103. Act Forbidding the Further Retirement of Legal Tender Notes May 31, 1878

No. 104. Use of the Army at the Polls May 4, 1880

No. 105. Purchase of Bonds March 3, 1881

No. 106. Anti-Polygamy Act March 22, 1882

No. 107. Act Restricting Chinese Immigration May 6, 1882

No. 109. Civil Service Act January 16, 1883

No. 111. Presidential Succession Act January 19, 1886

No. 112. Act Prohibiting Special Laws In The Territories July 30, 1886

No. 114. Interstate Commerce Act February 4, 1887

No. 115. Allotment of Lands in Severalty To Indians February 8, 1887

No. 117. Retirement of the Trade Dollar March 3, 1887

No. 118. Anti-Polygamy Act March 3, 1887

No. 119. Chinese Exclusion Act September 13, 1888

No. 120. Anti-Trust Act July 2, 1890

No. 122. "Original Package" Act August 8, 1890

No. 123. Anti-Lottery Act September 18, 1890

No. 124. Immigration and Contract Labor March 3, 1891

No. 125. Repeal of the Silver Purchase Act Of 1890 November 1, 1893

No. 126. President Cleveland's Venezuelan Message December 17, 1895

No. 127. Alien Ownership of Real Estate In The Territories March 2, 1897

No. 129. Declaration of War April 25, 1898

No. 130. Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands July 7, 1898

No. 131. Treaty of Paris December 10, 1898

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The Great European Treaties of the Nineteenth Century
by Augustus Oakes, R. B. Mowat. 403 pgs.

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Introduction

Note

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Maps

Chapter I: On the Conclusion of Treaties in Its Technical Aspect

Chapter II: The Restoration of Europe

Chapter III: Independence of Greece.

Chapter IV: The Kingdom of Belgium

Chapter V: Turkey and the Powers of Europe

Chapter VI: The Danish Duchies

Chapter VII: The Union of Italy

Chapter VIII: Austria and Prussia

Chapter IX: The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg

Chapter X: The Franco-German War

Chapter IX: Turkey, Russia, and the Balkan States

Chapter XII: The Triple Alliance

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Chronological Table Of Principal Documents and Events Given Or Referred to in This Volume

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Historic Documents of World War II
by Walter Consuelo Langsam. 194 pgs.

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1: Norman Angell's the Great Illusion, 1910

2: The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany, October 7, 1879

3: The Three Emperors' League, June 18, 1881

4: The Triple Alliance, May 20, 1882

5: The Reinsurance Treaty, June 18, 1887

6: The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention, August 18, 1892

7: The Entente Cordiale Between England and France, April 8, 1904

8: The First Moroccan Crisis, 1905

9: The Schlieffen Plan, 1905

12: A British Offer of Anglo- French Union, June 16, 1940

13: The Franco-German Armistice, June 25, 1940

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14: Establishment of the Vichy Dictatorship, July 10, 1940

15: Authority of Nazi Ambassador to Vichy France, August 3, 1940

16: Hitler on Punishment of Offenders in Occupied Territory, December 7, 1941

17: Roosevelt on the United States Landings in North Africa, November 8, 1942

18: Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat. May 13, 1940

19: Hitler's Explanation of the Soviet Invasion, June 21, 1941

20: The "Destroyer-Bases Deal," September 2, 1940

21: Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Speech, January 6, 1941

22: The "Lend-Lease Act," March 11, 1941-August 21, 1945

23: The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941

24: The German-Italian-Japanese Pact, September 27, 1940

Conclusions

25: The Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

23: The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941

27: United States Declaration of War on Germany, December 11, 1941

28: The Casablanca Conference, January 14-24, 1943

29: The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, October 19-30, 1943

30: The First Cairo Conference, November 22-26, 1943

31: The Tehran Conference, December 1, 1943

32: The Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945

33: The Potsdam (Berlin) Conference, July 17- August 2, 1945

34: The Fascist Grand Council's Ouster of Mussolini, July 24, 1943

35: The Italian Armistice, September 3, 1943

36: The Private and Political Testaments of Hitler, April 29, 1945

37: Assumption of Power by Doenitz, May 1, 1945

38: The German Surrender, May 7-8/9, 1945

39: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945

40: The Surrender of Japan, September 2, 1945

41: Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, June 22, 1944

42: Directive to Eisenhower on German Military Government, April, 1945 and October 17, 1945

43: The Italian Peace Treaty, February 10, 1947

44: The Japanese Peace Treaty, September 8, 1951

45: End of War with Germany, October 19, 1951

46: The Austrian Peace Treaty, May 15 1955

47: The Trial and Punishment of "War Criminals," August 9, 1945
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The End of the War in the Pacific: Surrender Documents in Facsimile
by National Archives (U.S.). 24 pgs.

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The End of the War in the Pacific

Radio Script of the Ceremonies Opening the Exhibit of the Japanese Surrender Documents

Facsimiles of the Documents
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Two Centuries of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Documentary Record
by Stephen J. Valone. 190 pgs.

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Valone has selected 71 documents that have either defined America's place in the world or reflected a significant episode in the history of U.S. foreign affairs. Each selection is prefaced by brief introductory remarks, that place the document in context, and is followed by a short list of suggested readings for those interested in pursuing the topic further. Designed primarily to supplement a one-semester introductory level course covering U.S. diplomatic history from its origins to the present, this collection can, because of the large number of 20th century documents, also be used in a variety of upper-level undergraduate courses in U.S. history.

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Introduction

Document 1 Treaty of Alliance with France

Document 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

DOCUMENT 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

Document 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

Document 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

DOCUMENT 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

Document 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

DOCUMENT 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

Document 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

DOCUMENT 2 George Washington's Neutrality Proclamation

Document 7 the Monroe Doctrine

FURTHER READINGS

Document 8 Indian Removal

FURTHER READINGS

Document 9 the Democratic Party Platform of 1844

FURTHER READINGS

Document 10 Manifest Destiny

FURTHER READINGS

Document 11 Abraham Lincoln's Blockade Proclamation

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

DOCUMENT 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

DOCUMENT 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

DOCUMENT 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

DOCUMENT 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

DOCUMENT 12 Suspension of the Monroe Doctrine

Document 21 Woodrow Wilson and Latin America

Document 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

DOCUMENT 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

Document 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

Document 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

DOCUMENT 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

DOCUMENT 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

Document 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

DOCUMENT 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

Document 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

Document 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

DOCUMENT 22 Wilson Renounces Dollar Diplomacy

Document 28 Normalcy

Document 29 the Washington Conference Treaties

Document 30 the Kellogg-Briand Pact

DOCUMENT 30 The Kellogg-Briand Pact

Document 31 the Stimson Doctrine

Document 32 the Good Neighbor Policy

DOCUMENT 32 The Good Neighbor Policy

Document 32 the Good Neighbor Policy

Document 34 the Ludlow Amendment

Document 35 Roosevelt's "Quarantine" Speech

Document 36 Roosevelt and U.S. Neutrality

Document 37 Roosevelt's Fireside Chat on National Security

Document 37 Roosevelt's Fireside Chat on National Security

Document 39 the Atlantic Charter

Document 40 Roosevelt's Request for a Declaration of War Against Japan

DOCUMENT 40 Roosevelt's Request for a Declaration of War against Japan

Document 40 Roosevelt's Request for a Declaration of War Against Japan

DOCUMENT 40 Roosevelt's Request for a Declaration of War against Japan

Document 40 Roosevelt's Request for a Declaration of War Against Japan

DOCUMENT 40 Roosevelt's Request for a Declaration of War against Japan

Document 43 the Potsdam Agreements

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 44 the Long Telegram

DOCUMENT 44 The Long Telegram

Document 54 the Bay of Pigs

Document 55 the Cuban Missile Crisis

DOCUMENT 55 The Cuban Missile Crisis

Document 55 the Cuban Missile Crisis

DOCUMENT 55 The Cuban Missile Crisis

Document 55 the Cuban Missile Crisis

Document 58 Lyndon Johnson's Post-Tet Address to the Nation

Document 59 Linkage

Document 59 Linkage

DOCUMENT 59 Linkage

DOCUMENT 59 Linkage

Document 61 the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Document 62 Carter's Human Rights Foreign Policy

DOCUMENT 62 Carter's Human Rights Foreign Policy

Document 63 the Panama Canal Treaty

FURTHER READINGS

Document 64 the Carter Doctrine

FURTHER READINGS

Document 65 Reagan and the Soviet Union

Document 66 Reagan and the Evil Empire

DOCUMENT 66 Reagan and the Evil Empire

Document 67 the Reagan Doctrine

FURTHER READINGS

Document 68. the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

FURTHER READINGS

Document 69 the Shattering of the Eastern Bloc

Document 70 the New World Order

Document 70 the New World Order

Document 70 The New World Order

Document 70 The New World Order

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Documents on Germany under Occupation, 1945-1954
by Beate Ruhm Von Oppen. 660 pgs.

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Extracts from the CommuniquÉ Issued After the Moscow Tripartite Conference

The 'Unconditional Surrender' Meeting: a Report of The Press Conference Given by Churchill and Roosevelt At Casablanca

Statement by Churchill on the Principle of Unconditional Surrender

Report of the Crimea (yalta) Conference, 4-11 February 1945

Extracts from the Protocol of the Proceedings of the Crimea (yalta) Conference

*Military Government, Germany, Supreme Commander's Area Of Control: Law No. 1, on the Abrogation of Nazi Law

*Directive of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff to The Commander-In-Chief of the United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany (jcs 1067)

‡extract from Order No. 1 of the Chief of Occupation Troops And City Commandant of Berlin) Colonel-General Bersarin

Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany and the Assumption Of Supreme Authority with Respect to Germany by the Governments of the United Kingdom, the United States, the Ussr, And The Provisional Government of the French Republic

Statement by the Governments of the United Kingdom, The United States, the Ussr, and the Provisional Government Of The French Republic on Control Machinery in Germany

‡allied Agreement on the Quadripartite Administration Of Berlin

Agreement by the Governments of the United Kingdom, The United States, the Provisional Government of the French Republic, and the Ussr for the Prosecution and Punishment Of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis, and Charter Of the International Military Tribunal

‡kommandatura Order No. 1: Confirmation of Previous Soviet Action in Berlin

Control Council Proclamation No. I: Establishment of The Control Council

†decree on Land Reform in Land Saxony

†announcement by the Soviet Military Administration on The Establishment of German Administrations in the Soviet Zone

French Memorandum Submitted to the London Session of The Council of Foreign Ministers, 11 September-2 October 1945

Control Council Proclamation No. 2: Certain Additional Requirements Imposed on Germany

Control Council Law No. 2, Providing for the Termination And Liquidation of the Nazi Organizations

Appendix

†order by Zhukov Granting the Provincial and LÄnder Administrations in the Russian Zone the Right to Issue Laws And Decrees Having Legal Force

Control Council Law No. 4: Reorganization of the German Judicial System

Extract from Control Council Law No. 5: Vesting and Marshalling of German External Assets

Control Council Directive No. 16: Arming of the German Police

Control Council Plans for the Transfer of the German Population to Be Moved from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland into the Four Occupied Zones Of Germany

Control Council Law No. 8: Elimination and Prohibition Of Military Training

Control Council Law No. 9: Providing for the Seizure of Property Owned by I.G.Farbenindustrie and the Control Thereof

Extracts from Statement by the United States Department Of State on the Reparations Settlement and Peace-Time Economy Of Germany

Extracts from Control Council Directive No. 24: Removal From Office and from Positions of Responsibility of Nazis And Of Persons Hostile to Allied Purposes

Letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Government of the French Republic to the United States Ambassador in Paris Relating to the Creation of German Central Administrations

Control Council Plan for Reparations and the Level Of Post-War German Economy

Control Council Law No. 22: Works Councils

† Principles and Aims of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany

1. Ruhr

Control Council Law No. 25: Control of Scientific Research

Control Council Order No. 4: Confiscation of Literature And Material of a Nazi and Militarist Nature

†draft Law on the Transfer to the People of the Enterprises Of War Criminals and Nazi Criminals in Land Saxony

†communiquÉ of the Administration of Land Saxony on A Referendum to Expropriate Nazis and War Criminals

Extract from Bevin's Report on the Paris Session of The Council of Foreign Ministers

†soviet Military Administration Order No. 167, on the Transfer Of Enterprises in Germany to the Ownership of the Ussr on The Basis of Soviet Reparations Claims

Control Council Directive No. 32

Extract from Molotov's Statement at the Paris Session of The Council of Foreign Ministers, 15 June-12 July 1946

†letter of Thanks for Increased Rations from the Executive Of the Socialist Unity Party to Sokolovsky

Control Council Law No. 34: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht

Statement Made by Molotov to a Correspondent of the Polish Press Agency Concerning Poland's Western Frontiers

Resolution of the Bremen Conference of the Heads of The LÄnder and City Governments of the British and United States Zones Regarding the Sentence of the International Military Tribunal

Control Council Directive No. 40: Policy to Be Followed By German Politicians and the German Press

Extract from a Statement by Bevin Concerning the British Government's Policy on Germany

*Statement on Administrative Questions by the British Deputy Military Governor) Lieut.-General Sir Brian Robertson, Before The Zonal Advisory Council, Hamburg

†soviet Military Administration Order No. 332 Concerning The Transfer of Powers to the Elected Diets and New LÄnder And Provincial Governments

*Agreement Between the Governments of the United Kingdom And the United States on the Economic Fusion of Their Respective Zones

*Statement by Sir Cecil Weir, President of the Economic Sub- Committee of the Control Commission for Germany (british Element), on the Bizonal Economic Fusion

†communiquÉ Issued by the Central Secretariat of The Socialist Unity Party Following a Meeting with Representatives of the Soviet Military Administration on 11 January 1947

Control Council Law No. 46: Abolition of the State of Prussia

Statement to the Control Council by Sokolovsky on The Bizone Fusion Agreement

Comment by the British Military Governor, Sir Sholto Douglas, On Sokolovsky's Statement

Extracts from General Marshall's Broadcast After The Moscow Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, 10 March- 24 April 1947

*Appendix a of British Military Government Ordinance No. 88: Agreement for Reorganization of Bizonal Economic Agencies

*Ordinance No. 95 on the Powers of the LÄnder in The French Zone

*Administrative Order (arrÊtÉ) No. 218, Pursuant to Article 3 of Ordinance No. 95 on the Powers of the LÄnder in The French Zone

Control Council Directive No. 54: Basic Principles for The Democratization of Education in Germany

†order No. 201: Directives for the Execution of Control Council Directives Nos. 24 and 38 on Denazification

†extracts from Soviet Military Administration Regulation No. 3 Under Order No. 201

*CommuniquÉ on Discussions Between Representatives of The United Kingdom, United States, and French Governments In London, Relating to the Level of Industry in the Combined Anglo-American Zones and the Management and Control Of The Ruhr Mines

*British Military Government Ordinance No. 103: Agrarian Reform

*British Military Government Ordinance No. 110: Transfer To the Lander Governments of Responsibility For Denazification

*Extracts from the Eighth Report from the House of Commons Select Committee on Estimates, Session 1946-7: British Expenditure in Germany

*Extracts from the Anglo-American Announcement of The Establishment of a Bipartite Coal Control Group and The Formation of a German Coal Management Board

Extract from Marshall's Statement Proposing the Adjournment of the London Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, 25 November-15 December 19471for Fuller Documentation of This Session, See Riia, Documents, 1947-8, Pp. 510-54.

Extracts from a Statement by Bevin Concerning the London Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers

*Extract from British Military Government Ordinance No. 127: Establishment of a German High Court For The Combined Economic Area

†soviet Military Administration Order No. 32: Composition And Powers of the German Economic Commission

†extracts from Speech by Otto Grotewohl, Joint Chairman Of the Socialist Unity Party, at the Second German People's Congress

†unanimous Resolution Passed by the Second German People's Congress: Petition for a Plebiscite on German Unity

†the Election of the People's Council and Its Presidium

Statement by Sokolovsky at the Meeting of the Control Council, 20 March 1948: Soviet Withdrawal from the Council

*CommuniquÉ Issued by the London Six-Power Conference, 7 June 1948

†report on the Result of the People's Petition

†statement by Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Economic Committee of the People's Congress, on the Legality of The German People's Council

†soviet Military Administration Order No. III on Currency Reform in the Soviet Zone

Review by Bevin of Developments in Germany Up to the Berlin Blockade

*The London Documents: Directives Regarding the Future Political Organization of Germany, Drafted at the London Conference of the Western Foreign Ministers in June 1948 And Handed to the Ministers President of the Western Zones Of Germany by the Military Governors at Their Joint Meeting On 1 July 1948

*Extracts from the Economic Co-Operation Agreement Between the United States of America and the United States And United Kingdom Occupied Areas in Germany

*Reply of the Ministers President to the Proposals Made By The Military Governors Following the London Decisions

*Joint CommuniquÉ Issued After the Third Meeting of The Military Governors and Ministers President of the Three Western Zones

*Statement by the Control Commission for Germany (british Element) Regarding Reparations from the Western Zones, Dismantling, and Erp

*British Military Government Law No. 75: Reorganization Of German Coal and Iron and Steel Industries

*Aide-Memoire Concerning the Basic Law Presented by The Military Governors to the President of the Parliamentary Council at Bonn

†soviet Military Administration Order No. 183 Expanding The Economic Commission

‡letter from Sokolovsky to Robertson on Developments In Berlin

‡the Setting Up of the East Berlin Magistrat

‡extract from Letter from the Soviet Kommandatura To The Vice-Chairman of the Berlin City Parliament, Ottomar Geschke, Recognizing the Provisional Democratic Magistrat As the Only Legal Administration of Berlin

*Directive by the Governors of the Three Western Zones On The Organization of the Allied Military Security Board

‡declaration by the Western Commandants on the Continued Operation of the Kommandatura

†extracts from a Resolution Passed by the First Party Conference, 25-28 January 1949, on the Next Tasks of the Socialist Unity Party

†resolution of the Party Executive on Measures Within The Socialist Unity Party Passed by the First Party Conference On 25-28 January 1949

*Statement of the Parliamentary Council Committee of Five On the Federal Character of the Draft Basic Law

†statement by the Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party: 'Against Aggression--For Support for the Soviet Army'

*List of Resolutions Prepared by the Conference of Ministers President at KÜnigstein and Submitted to the Military Governors for Consideration

*Six-Power CommuniquÉ Regarding Provisional Rectifications Of the Western German Frontier, Issued in Paris

*Memorandum Presented by the Social Democratic Party On Federalistic and Centralistic Elements in the Spd Draft Of The Basic Law

*Washington Three-Power Meeting, 6-8 April 1949: Communiquu+00É Concerning the Occupation Statute

*Washington Three-Power Meeting: Agreement on Tripartite Controls

*Washington Three-Power Meeting: Message from the Foreign Ministers of the Three Western Occupying Powers to The Military Governors Concerning the Basic Law

*Washington Three-Power Meeting: Agreed Minute on WÜrttemberg-Baden Plebiscite

*Letter from the Military Governors to the Parliamentary Council Defining the Powers of the Federal Government In The Police Field

*Extracts from a Statement by the United States Department Of State Concerning a Three-Power Agreement on a Revised German Reparations Programme

*Communication from the Military Governors Regarding The Competence of the Parliamentary Council to Draft An Electoral Law

*Letter from the Military Governors to Dr. Konrad Adenauer, President of the Parliamentary Council, Approving The Basic Law

*Letter from the Military Governors to Wilhelm Kaisen, President of the Bremen Senate

*Us Military Government Law No. 20: Election of Certain Public Servants to the German Federal Parliament

‡agreement on a Revised Internal Procedure for the Allied Kommandatura

Extract from Four-Power CommuniquÉ Issued at the Conclusion of the Sixth Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Paris, 23 May-20 June 1949

*Control Commission for Germany (british Element): Statement on the Reorganization of the Coal Industry Under Law No. 75

Statement by Churchill on the Origins of the 'Unconditional Surrender Formula: Extracts from a Debate in the House Of Commons

† Politburo Resolution on the Creation of Party Organizations in the Apparatus of the Party and in the Mass Organizations

*Reply by Theodor Heuss to the Address of the French High Commissioner Designate, M. FranÇois-Poncet, Congratulating Him on His Election to the Presidency of the Federal Republic

*Allied High Commission Law No. 1: Official Gazette of The Allied High Commission

*Allied High Commission Law No. 5 for the Safeguarding Of The Freedom of the Press, Radio and Other Information Media, Repealing Previous British, American, and French Military Government Legislation Relating to Press, Radio, And Censorship

*Allied High Commission Decision No. 1: Revaluation of The Deutsche Mark

†announcement of the Impending Establishment of The German Democratic Republic

†law on the Establishment of the Provisional People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic

†statement by the United States Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, on the Illegality of the East German Government

†extracts from the Policy Declaration of Otto Grotewohl, Minister President of the German Democratic Republic

†*Extract from a Statement in the Bundestag by Adenauer

*Statement by Robertson on British Responsibility for The Execution of the Dismantling Programme

*CommuniquÉ Issued at the Conclusion of the Three-Power Meeting in Paris, 9-10 November 1949

†statement by General Chuikov on the Creation of the Soviet Control Commission

Further Statement by Churchill on the Origins of The 'Unconditional Surrender' Formula

*Protocol of Agreements Reached Between the Allied High Commissioners and the Chancellor of the German Federal Republic at the Petersberg

†regulations Pursuant to the Law for the Amnesty and The Granting of Civil Rights to Former Members and Followers Of The Nazi Party and Officers of the Fascist Wehrmacht

*Extract from Allied High Commission Law No. 16, Codifying Previous Allied Legislation on the Elimination of Militarism In Germany

*Draft Agreement for the Establishment of an International Authority for the Ruhr

†extracts from Resolution on Youth Policy Adopted by The Politburo of the Socialist Unity Party

†law for the Establishment of a Ministry of State Security

†extracts from the Programme of the National Front Of Democratic Germany

*Convention Between the French Republic and the Saar On the Saar Mines

†resolution on Improving the Work of the Committees of The National Front, Adopted by the Executive of the Socialist Unity Party

†resolution on Reparations Adopted by the Politburo

†letter from the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Otto Grotewohl, to the Chairman of the Council Of Ministers of the Ussr, J. V. Stalin, Asking for a Reduction In Reparations

*Extracts from Allied High Commission Law No. 27: Reorganization of German Coal and Iron and Steel Industries

Letter from the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of The Ussr, J. V. Stalin, to the Minister President of the German Democratic Republic, Otto Grotewohl, Reducing Reparations

†communiquÉ of the Information Department of the Provisional Government of the German Democratic Republic Concerning a Protocol on Soviet Joint-Stock Companies in The German Democratic Republic

†extract from British Note to the Government of the Ussr Regarding German Police in the Soviet Zone

*Allied High Commission Directive No. 3, Relating to The Negotiation of International Agreements by the Federal Or A Land Government

†agreement Between the German Democratic Republic And The Republic of Poland Regarding the Demarcation Of The German-Polish Frontier

†extract from a Speech by Grotewohl, at Zgorzelec, at The Signing of the German-Polish Frontier Agreement

†preamble of the Statutes of the Socialist Unity Party Adopted at the Third Party Congress, 20-24 July 1950

*Allied High Commission Law No. 35: Dispersal of Assets Of I. G. Farbenindustrie

*Extracts from Speech Made by the British High Commissioner, Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, at Hamburg

‡statement Issued by the Western Commandants Concerning The Berlin Constitution of 1950

†extract from the Statutes of the Federation of Free German Trade Unions, Adopted at Its Third Congress, 30 August-

Extract from CommuniquÉ Issued by the Foreign Ministers Of Great Britain, the United States, and France at the Conclusion of Their New York Meetings

†announcement by the Office of Information of the German Democratic Republic of the Inclusion of the Republic in The Council for Mutual Economic Aid

Statement Issued by the Foreign Ministers of the Ussr, The German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria, and the Albanian Minister In Moscow, at a Meeting in Prague

*Letter from the Chairman of the High Commission to The Federal Chancellor on Agreement on Certain External Debts

*Letter from the Chairman of the High Commission Requesting An Assurance by the Federal Government on the Equitable Apportionment of Raw Materials

Statement by Acheson, on the Prague Resolutions

†law for the Defence of Peace

*CommuniquÉ Issued by the North Atlantic Council on The Conclusion of Their Brussels Meeting

*Statement Issued by the Foreign Ministers of the Three Powers Occupying Western Germany, After Their Brussels Discussions

*Allied High Commission Statement on Forthcoming Conversations Regarding a German Defence Contribution

*Allied High Commission Regulation No. 14

*Assurance by the Federal Chancellor on German External Debts

*Reply by the Western High Commissioners, on Behalf of Their Governments, to the Federal Chancellor's Assurance on External Debts

*Assurance by the Federal Chancellor on the Equitable Apportionment of Materials, Products, and Services

*Allied High Commission Decision No. 10: Programme for The Revision of Occupation Controls

*Allied High Commission: First Instrument of Revision of The Occupation Statute

*Allied High Commission Decision No. Ii: Competence of The Federal Government in the Field of Foreign Affairs

*Allied High Commission Directive No. 4 (revised)

†resolution Adopted by the Central Committee of The Socialist Unity Party: the Fight Against Formalism in Art And Literature and for a Progressive German Culture

*Extract from Address by John J. Mccloy, United States High Commissioner in Germany

Extracts from the Report of the Inter-Allied Reparations Agency to Its Member Governments

Statement by the Foreign Secretary, Herbert Morrison, On The Termination of a State of War with Germany

Extract from a Letter from President Truman to the Vice- President, Alben W. Barkley, and the Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, Proposing That Congress End the State of War With Germany

*Declaration Issued by the United States, British, and French Foreign Ministers After Their Washington Meetings

*Statement on West German Sovereignty Issued by the Three Western Foreign Ministers and the Federal Chancellor After Their Meeting in Paris

†decree on the Establishment of the 'society for Sport And Technology'

†extracts from the Resolution Adopted at the Second Meeting Of the Central Council of the Free German Youth at Halle, 14-16 August 1952

†announcement of the Appointment of a Soviet High Commissioner

†communiquÉ on the Meeting of the Council of Ministers Of The German Democratic Republic on 11 June 1953

‡ Statement by the Government of the German Democratic Republic Regarding the Berlin Riots

‡further Statement by the Government of the German Democratic Republic on the Berlin Riots

‡joint CommuniquÉ on Negotiations Between the Soviet Government and the Government Delegation of the German Democratic Republic, 20-22 August 1953

†communiquÉ of the Soviet-German Joint Commission on The Return of the Last Soviet Joint Stock Companies

†statement by the Government of the German Democratic Republic Concerning Sovereignty

†statement by the Council of Ministers of the Ussr on The Repeal of Soviet Military Administration and Soviet Control Commission Legislation

*Agreement Between the Governments of the Federal Republic and the French Republic on the Saar Statute

Documents Agreed On By the Conference of Ministers Held in Paris: 20-23 October 1954

2. *‡convention on Relations Between the Three Western Powers and the Federal Republic

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10.

Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages
by Ernest F. Henderson. 480 pgs.

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Book I: England

I: Statutes of William the Conqueror

II: The Bull of Pope Adrian IV. Empowering Henry II. To Conquer Ireland. A.D. 1155

IV: Assize of Clarendon, 1166

V: The Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer

VI: Laws of Richard I. (Coeur De Lion) Concerning Crusaders Who Were To Go By Sea. 1189 A.D.

VIII: STATUTE OF MORTMAIN (1279)

IX: Statute of 1290 Concerning the Buying and Selling of Land (Quia Emptores)

X: The Manner of Holding Parliament

Book II: The Empire

II: Capitulary of Charlemagne Issued in the Year 802

III: Division of the Empire of the Year 817

IV: Treaty at AIX Between Louis II. and Charles the Bald Concerning the Division of the Kingdom of Lothar II. A.D. 870

V: Decree of the Emperor Henry IV. Concerning a Truce of God (1085 A.D.)

VII: The Establishment of the Duchy of Austria, Sept. 17,1156

VIII: The Gelnhausen Charter. April 13 1180 A.D.

IX: The Count Palatine As Judge Over the King

X: The Golden Bull of the Emperor Charles IV. 1356 A.D.

XI: The Foundation of the University of Heidelberg, A.D. 1386

Book III: The Church

II: Formulae Liturgicae in use at Ordeals

III: The Donation of Constantine

IV: The Foundation Charter of the Order of Cluny. Sept. 11, 910 A.D.

V: Summons of Pope Eugene III. To the Crusade, Dec. 1, 1145

VI: Decree of the Lateran Council of 1179 A.D. Concerning Papal Elections

VII: General Summons of Pope Innocent III. To a Crusade, A.D. 1215

VIII: The Rule of St. Francis of Assisi

IX: The Institution of the Jubilee, 1300

Book IV: Church and State

I: Decree of 1059 Concerning Papal Elections

III: The Vesancon Episode

IV: The Struggle Between Frederick Barbarossa and Alexander III

VI: The Bull "Clericis Laicos," 1296 A.D.

VII: The Bull "Unam Sanctam"

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Educational Charters and Documents, 598 to 1909
by Arthur F. Leach. 582 pgs.

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Church and State through the Centuries: A Collection of Historic Documents with Commentaries
by Sidney Z. Ehler, John B. Morrall. 617 pgs.

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Editors' Introduction

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Chapter I the Roman Empire and the Dark Ages

Chapter II the Gregorian Reformation

Chapter III the Feudal Middle Ages

Chapter IV the Conciliar Period and the Age of Discovery

Chapter V Reformation and Counter- Reformation

Chapter VI the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment

Chapter VII the Age of Liberalism and Capitalism

Chapter VIII the Age of Socialism and Totalitarianism
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Documents Illustrating Papal Authority, A.D. 96-454
by Edward Giles. 348 pgs.

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Introduction

Abbreviation and Signs

Editor's Note

Chapter I: The Apostolic Fathers

Chapter II: Irenaeus

Chapter III: The Dispute About Easter A.D. 190

Chapter IV: Tertullian

Chapter V: Visitors to Rome

Chapter VI: Two Anti-Popes Hippolytus and Novatian

Chapter VII: Origen

Chapter VIII: Cyprian

Chapter IX: Baptism by Heretics

Chapter X: A.D. 260 to 314

Chapter XI: Arian Troubles

Chapter XII: The Time of Pope Damasus

Chapter XIII: Meletius

Chapter XIV: The Time of Pope Siricius

Chapter XV: Jerome

Chapter XVI: John Chrysostom

Chapter XVII: Augustine

Chapter XVIII: Pope Innocent I

Chapter XIX: Pope Zosimus

Chapter XX: Apiarius and Antony

Chapter XXI: The Council of Ephesus, 431

Chapter XXII: The Time of Pope Sixtus III

Chapter XXIII: Vincent of Lerins

Chapter XXIV: Leo the Great

Chapter XXV: The Council of Chalcedon

Chapter XXVI: Leo After Chalcedon

Index of Documents

Index of Scripture References In the Documents

Chronological Index of The Bishops of Rome

General Index

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English Constitutional Documents, 1307-1485
by Eleanor C. Lodge. 430 pgs.

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Part I: Central Government

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Chapter II: The Council

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Chapter III: The Household: Wardrobe and Chamber

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Chapter IV: Parliament

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Chapter V the Chancery

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Chapter VI: The Seals

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Chapter VII: The Exchequer

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Chapter VIII: Justice

Part II: The Church

Part III: Local Government

Chapter I: The Justices of the Peace

Chapter II: The Sheriffs

Chapter III: The Coroners

Chapter IV: The Escheators

Chapter V: The Forests

Chapter VI: Seignorial Jurisdiction

Chapter VII: The Towns

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Basic Documents in International Law
by Ian Brownlie. 476 pgs.

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I: Charter of the United Nations

Part One: International Organizations

II: Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Co-Operation Among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations

III: Statement of the Four Sponsoring Powers on Voting Procedure in the Security Council

IV: Constitution of the International Labour Organization

V: Charter of the Organization of African Unity

I: Conventions Adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 29 April 1958

Part Two: The Law of the Sea

II: Declaration of Principles Governing the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction

III: Convention on the Law of the Sea (parts I-X)

Part Three: Outer Space

Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Part Four: Diplomatic Relations

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

Part Five: Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources

I: General Assembly Resolution of 1962 on Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources

II: Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States

Part Six: Human Rights and Self-Determination

I: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

II: International Covenants on Human Rights

III: Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

IV: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

V: The European Convention on Human Rights

Part Seven: Law of Treaties

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Part Eight: State Responsibility

Draft Articles on the Origin of State Responsibility

Statute of the International Court of Justice

Part Nine: Judicial Settlement of Disputes

Part Ten: Responsibility for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law

Statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia Since 1991

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Basic Documents in Canadian History
by James J. Talman, Louis L. Snyder. 192 pgs.

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1: JACQUES CARTIER SAILS UP THE ST. LAWRENCE, 1535

2: THE VOYAGES TO THE GREAT RIVER ST. LAWRENCE BY THE SIEUR DE CHAMPLAIN, . . . FROM THE YEAR 1608 UNTIL 1612

3: KING CHARLES'S COMMISSION FOR THE WELL GOVERNING OF HIS SUBJECTS INHABITING NEWFOUNDLAND, OR TRAF FICKING IN BAYS, CREEKS, OR FRESH RIVERS THERE, FEBRUARY 10, 1634

4: THE ROYAL CHARTER FOR INCOR PORATING THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, MAY 2, 1670

5: A DESCRIPTION OF A SHIP OF SIXTY TUNS, WHICH WE BUILT NEAR THE STREIGHTS OF THE LAKE ERIE, DURING THE WINTER AND SPRING OF THE YEAR 1679

6: THE FIRST ASSEMBLY IN CANADA, MAY 20, 1758

7: ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION, QUEBEC, SEPTEMBER 18, 1759

8: TREATY OF PARIS, FEBRUARY 10, 1763

9: THE ROYAL PROCLAMATION, OCTOBER 7, 1763

10: THE QUEBEC ACT, 1774

11: COOK'S VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. TRANSACTIONS AMONGST THE NATIVES OF NORTH AMERICA, MARCH AND APRIL 1778

12: A LOYALIST LETTER, APRIL 26, 1784

13: THE SEIGNIORIAL SYSTEM, OCTOBER 5, 1790

14: THE CONSTITUTIONAL ACT, 1791

15: PROCLAMATIONS CONCERNING UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS, APRIL 6, 1796 AND DECEMBER 15, 1798

16: THE SURRENDER OF DETROIT, AUGUST 16, 1812

17: THE RUSH-BAGOT AGREEMENT, 1817

18: THE FUR TRADE, 1833-1837

19: LORD DURHAM'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 11, 1839

20: A TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIP LINE, JULY 17, 1840

21: THE ACT OF UNION, JULY 23, 1840

22: THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA, 1848

23: THE ACHIEVEMENT OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN CANADA, 1849

24: JOSEPH HOWE'S VISION OF CANADA, MAY 15, 1851

25: RECIPROCITY TREATY, 1854

26: CANADA'S INTEREST IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED DURING THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIQN, AT LONDON, CANADA WEST, SEPTEMBER 26, 1861

27: THE GOLD DIGGINGS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1862

28: JOHN A. MACDONALD ON CONFEDERATION, 186530

29: THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, 1867

30: THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON, MAY 8, 1871

31: THE "NATIONAL POLICY," 1878

32: THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, OCTOBER 21, 1880

33: WILFRID LAURIER ON SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, JUNE 8, 1891

34: THE SIFTON IMMIGRATION POLICY, 1904

35: THE CREATION OF ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN, 1905

36: THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION, JANUARY 11, 1909

37: THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, JUNE 1, 1909

38: CANADA AT WAR, 1914

39: CANADA ON VIMY RIDGE, APRIL 9, 1917

40: THE ORIGIN OF CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS, 1917

41: THE HALIBUT TREATY EPISODE, 1923

42: THE ALBERTA NATURAL RESOURCES ACT, 1930

43: THE STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER, 1931

44: THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, DECEMBER 17, 1939

45: DECLARATION BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REGARDING THE ESTABLISHING OF A PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON DEFENCE MADE ON AUGUST 18, 1940

46: CANADA AND THE UNITED NATIONS, APRIL 27, 1945

47: THE UNION OF NEWFOUNDLAND WITH CANADA, MARCH 31, 1949

48: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY, APRIL 4, 1949

49: ABOLITION OF APPEALS TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL, 1949

50: THE MASSEY COMMISSION, 1951

51: ROYAL COMMISSION ON CANADA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, NOVEMBER, 1957

52: THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY, JULY 1, 1958

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