Lectures on the Legislative Department

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Lectures on the Legislative Department is a section of James Wilson’s influential 18th-century legal treatise "Lectures on Law," focusing on the structure, powers, and principles of the legislative branch of government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional law text ⓘ
legal treatise section ⓘ
author James Wilson ⓘ
citationForm James Wilson, Lectures on Law, Lectures on the Legislative Department ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
discusses bicameralism ⓘ
law-making process ⓘ
legislative authority ⓘ
limits on legislative power ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
relationship between legislature and other branches ⓘ
representation ⓘ
focusesOn checks and balances involving the legislature ⓘ
distribution of legislative powers ⓘ
focusesOnJurisdiction national legislature ⓘ
genre constitutional commentary ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasInfluenced American constitutional interpretation ⓘ
scholarship on separation of powers ⓘ
studies of the U.S. Congress ⓘ
historicalContext early United States constitutional development ⓘ
historicalSignificance early systematic American treatment of the legislative power ⓘ
includedIn collected editions of James Wilson’s Works ⓘ
influencedBy British constitutional tradition ⓘ
Enlightenment political theory ⓘ
classical republicanism ⓘ
intendedAudience law students ⓘ
legal practitioners ⓘ
statesmen ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject legislative branch ⓘ
powers of the legislature ⓘ
principles of representative government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
structure of the legislature ⓘ
partOf Lectures on Law ⓘ
partOfWorkBy Founding Father James Wilson ⓘ
linked to: James Wilson
philosophicalTheme consent of the governed ⓘ
public good as aim of legislation ⓘ
rule of law in legislation ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedTo American founding era legal thought ⓘ
Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
workType didactic lectures ⓘ

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Lectures on Law → hasPart → Lectures on the Legislative Department ⓘ
Lectures on the Constitution of the United States → hasPart → lectures on the legislative power ⓘ
linked to: Lectures on the Legislative Department
Lectures on the Legislative Department → citationForm → James Wilson, Lectures on Law, Lectures on the Legislative Department ⓘ
linked to: Lectures on the Legislative Department
Lectures on the Executive Department → relatedTo → Lectures on the Legislature ⓘ
linked to: Lectures on the Legislative Department