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For several years he was interested, through the City Club of New York, in drafting and proposing new legislation for the improvement of the condition of the poor, for overcoming congestion of population and for child welfare. Governor [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] appointed him<ref name=cyclopedia /> a member of the New York Charter Revision Committee(1900-1901), and he went to England in 1906 as a member of the National Civic Federation to report on the question of municipal ownership of public utilities. In 1910 he was a representative of the U. S. government to the convention on administrative science, held at the Brussels Exposition. He was a member of Pres. Taft's Economy and Efficiency Commission in 1911-12, and made an exhaustive investigation of certain of the government departments for the purpose of instituting modern business methods. He was also a member of the Association Bar of the of City of New York.<ref name=contemporaries />

For several years he was interested, through the City Club of New York, in drafting and proposing new legislation for the improvement of the condition of the poor, for overcoming congestion of population and for child welfare. Governor [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt]] appointed him<ref name=cyclopedia /> a member of the New York Charter Revision Committee(1900-1901), and he went to England in 1906 as a member of the National Civic Federation to report on the question of municipal ownership of public utilities. In 1910 he was a representative of the U. S. government to the convention on administrative science, held at the Brussels Exposition. He was a member of Pres. Taft's Economy and Efficiency Commission in 1911-12, and made an exhaustive investigation of certain of the government departments for the purpose of instituting modern business methods. He was also a member of the Association Bar of the of City of New York.<ref name=contemporaries />

His reputation as an authority on government administration led to his appointment, in 1913, as expert legal advisor to the republic of China for a term of three years and, at the request of Yuan Shih Kai, he aided in drafting the new Chinese Constitution.<ref name=cyclopedia />

His reputation as an authority on government administration led to his appointment, in 1913, as expert legal advisor to the republic of China for a term of three years and, at the request of Yuan Shih Kai, he aided in drafting the new Chinese Constitution.<ref name=cyclopedia />  Yuan Shih Kai later proclaimed himself the Emperor of China, with Goodnow's approval.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9806EFD81E3EE033A25754C1A96E9C946496D6CF YUAN NOW PLANS TO BE EMPEROR; President of Republic Purposes to Tranform China Into a Monarchy. URGED BY PROF. GOODNOW China's American Legal Adviser, Consulted on the Question, Approves the Project. YUAN NOW PLANS TO BE EMPEROR], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

==Ideology==

==Ideology==