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TAFT, William Howard. Liberty Under Law. An Interpretation of the Principles of Our Constitutional Government. New Haven: Yale University Press for the University of Rochester, 1922.
Small 4to (7½ x 5 in.), 51pp. Half-title. Half brown morocco gilt, top edge gilt (a presentation binding?).
PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED in ink on front blank: "For Arthur B. Cuddahy of Funk & Wagnalls Co with best wishes Wm H Taft March 27th 1906."
Chief Justice Taft's reflective essay on the Constitution and the challenges it faces in the 20th century: class divisions and the rise of Bolshevism, the growth of partisanship and small interest groups, etc.; pointing out the risks of third-party candidates (an unspoken reference to the election of 1912) and strongly attacking the system of primary elections, which have effectively discouraged candidates who are neither "the choice of the machine" nor "independently wealthy." The volume is unexpectedly rare, suggesting the edition was an extremely limited private printing for Taft.
Small 4to (7½ x 5 in.), 51pp. Half-title. Half brown morocco gilt, top edge gilt (a presentation binding?).
PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED in ink on front blank: "For Arthur B. Cuddahy of Funk & Wagnalls Co with best wishes Wm H Taft March 27th 1906."
Chief Justice Taft's reflective essay on the Constitution and the challenges it faces in the 20th century: class divisions and the rise of Bolshevism, the growth of partisanship and small interest groups, etc.; pointing out the risks of third-party candidates (an unspoken reference to the election of 1912) and strongly attacking the system of primary elections, which have effectively discouraged candidates who are neither "the choice of the machine" nor "independently wealthy." The volume is unexpectedly rare, suggesting the edition was an extremely limited private printing for Taft.