 | 1920 - 642 pàgines
...reflect upon all that occur* in the United State*, the more shall we be persuaded that the lawyers, a* a body, form the most powerful, if not the only counterpoise to the democratic element. . . . When the American people i* intoxicated by passion, or carried away by the impetuosity of its... | |
 | William E. Forbath - 1991 - 234 pàgines
...American labor politics confirms Tocqueville's prophetic insight, too often truncated in quotation: The more we reflect upon all that occurs in the United States, the more we shall be persuaded that the lawyers . . . form the most powerful . . . counterpoise to the democratic... | |
 | Fred R. Shapiro - 1993 - 610 pàgines
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 | E. Digby (Edward Digby) Baltzell - 1994 - 330 pàgines
...not among the rich, who are united by no common tie, but that it occupies the judicial bench and bar. The more we reflect upon all that occurs in the United States, the more we shall be persuaded that the lawyers, as a body, form the most powerful, if not the only, counterpoise... | |
 | Mark C. Miller - 2002 - 244 pàgines
...American people" (Stevens 1983, 28). But it is important to remember that Tocqueville also said that "lawyers, as a body, form the most powerful, if not...the only, counterpoise to the democratic element" (Tocqueville 1841, 268). A second explanation for the dominance of lawyers in US legislatures is the... | |
 | Melvin Stokes, Melvyn Stokes, Stephen Conway - 1996 - 366 pàgines
...only the abundance of lawyers and their importance in the conduct of public affairs, but also that "lawyers as a body form the most powerful, if not the only, counterpoise to the democratic element," being "secretly opposed to the instincts of democracy."34 Linked to Tocqueville's further reflections... | |
 | Mark Colvin - 2000 - 312 pàgines
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 | West Group - 1998 - 556 pàgines
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The more we reflect upon all that occurs in the United States the more shall we be persuaded that the lawyers as a body form the most powerful, if not the only, counterpoise to the democratic element. 
