Senators Beholden to the People: Lincoln and the Doctrine of Instruction

by Richard Lawrence Miller

The American Republic's founders debated whether to have a government based on direct democracy (in which the general population decided public policy questions, as in a New England town meeting) or representative democracy (in which those decisions were made by senators and congressmen on behalf of the general population). A related issue was whether the general population should have the "right of instruction" which gave citizens authority to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476691711
• ISBN13: 9781476691718
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.7"