{"product_id":"popular-government-imperium-press-studies-in-reaction-9781922602107","title":"Popular Government - Imperium Press (Studies in Reaction)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChurchill once said that \"democracy is the worst form of government except for all others...\" and in \u003cem\u003ePopular Government\u003c\/em\u003e, Henry Sumner Maine answers him 60 years in advance with \"...unless you examine any part of history at all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, one of the greatest legal minds of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century applies to the question of governance the historical method that made him famous in his \u003cem\u003eAncient Law\u003c\/em\u003e. No faction-anarchist, legitimist, nationalist, Jacobite-escapes his penetrating gaze, nor does any democratic vice. But Maine is no partisan, and in the fourth and final essay, he gives a fair and thorough critique of the jewel in the democratic crown-the US constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age where democracy has never been more fragile, Maine's clear-eyed analysis has never been more relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imperium Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922602107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.37d","brand":"Henry James Sumner Maine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942150910133,"sku":"9781922602107","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ce7327dd-f307-4948-8fae-d0422b237d13.jpg?v=1630995896","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/popular-government-imperium-press-studies-in-reaction-9781922602107","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}