The Senate of the Roman Republic: Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism

Provides a series of fourteen addresses delivered in 1993 before the Senate by Senator Robert C. Byrd. Discusses the constitutional history of separated and shared powers as shaped in the republic and empire of ancient Rome. These lectures are also in opposition to the proposed line-item veto concept. The introduction states that Senator Byrd delivered these speeches entirely from memory and without notes.Byrd, Robert C. is the author of 'The Senate of the Roman Republic: Addresses on the History of Roman Constitutionalism' with ISBN 9780160589966 and ISBN 0160589967.