Constitutional History Of The American Revolution Volume Ii

Author : John Phillip Reid
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0299112942

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Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II by John Phillip Reid Pdf

John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.

Author : John Phillip Reid
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0299108740

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Constitutional History of the American Revolution by John Phillip Reid Pdf

John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.

Author : John Phillip Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0299108740

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Constitutional History of the American Revolution by John Phillip Reid Pdf

Author : John Phillip Reid
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0299130703

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Constitutional History of the American Revolution by John Phillip Reid Pdf

Brilliantly executed....Reid's central argument is reserved for his contentions about how the American Revolution occurred within the British constitutional framework. Crucial is his assertion that the eighteenth-century British constitution itself was a vital crossroad between the old constitution of 'customary powers, with rights secured as property' and the newer constitution 'of sovereign command and of arbitrary parliamentary supremacy.' The conflict between the two was profound and ultimately irreconcilable as the Americans, with occasional misgivings and uncertainties, sustained the old and Parliament lurched toward the new...This book (has) a compelling intellectual force that deserves the closest scrutiny.' -George M. Curtis III, American Historical Review

Author : John Phillip Reid
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 0299139840

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Constitutional History of the American Revolution V. 4; Authority of Law by John Phillip Reid Pdf

This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory.

Author : Jack P. Greene
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139492935

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The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution by Jack P. Greene Pdf

Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization. The failure to resolve the resulting tensions led to the thirteen continental colonies seceding from the empire in 1776. Challenging those historians who have assumed that the British had the law on their side during the debates that led to the American Revolution, this volume argues that the empire had long exhibited a high degree of constitutional multiplicity, with each colony having its own discrete constitution. Contending that these constitutions cannot be conflated with the metropolitan British constitution, it argues that British refusal to accept the legitimacy of colonial understandings of the sanctity of the many colonial constitutions and the imperial constitution was the critical element leading to the American Revolution.

Author : Charles Howard McIlwain
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9781584775683

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The American Revolution by Charles Howard McIlwain Pdf

In this work, which won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize in history, McIlwain argues that the central problem in the genesis of the American Revolution was the determination of the exact nature of the British Empire's constitution. "After a searching examination of a wealth of judicial precedents drawn largely from Ireland's relations with the English king and parliament, the author reaches the conclusion that 'there was a bona fide constitutional issue which preceded the American Revolution, and from which it in part resulted.' He contends that, strictly from the legal standpoint, the colonists had a number of good constitutional precedents to support their position.": Allison, Fay, [et. al.] A Guide to Historical Literature cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 377.

Author : Merrill Jensen
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : History
ISBN : 0299002047

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The Articles of Confederation by Merrill Jensen Pdf

"Here is a book which deals with clashes between economic and political factors in the American Revolution as realistically as if its author were dealing with a presidential election."--Social Studies "An admirable analysis. It presents, in succinct form, the results of a generation of study of this chapter of our history and summarizes fairly the conclusions of that study."--Henry Steele Commager, New York Times Book Review

Author : Charles H. Mcllwain
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1973-05-21
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106017813988

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The American Revolution by Charles H. Mcllwain Pdf

Author : Daniel J. Hulsebosch
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 0807876879

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Constituting Empire by Daniel J. Hulsebosch Pdf

According to the traditional understanding of American constitutional law, the Revolution produced a new conception of the constitution as a set of restrictions on the power of the state rather than a mere description of governmental roles. Daniel J. Hulsebosch complicates this viewpoint by arguing that American ideas of constitutions were based on British ones and that, in New York, those ideas evolved over the long eighteenth century as New York moved from the periphery of the British Atlantic empire to the center of a new continental empire. Hulsebosch explains how colonists and administrators reconfigured British legal sources to suit their needs in an expanding empire. In this story, familiar characters such as Alexander Hamilton and James Kent appear in a new light as among the nation's most important framers, and forgotten loyalists such as Superintendent of Indian Affairs Sir William Johnson and lawyer William Smith Jr. are rightly returned to places of prominence. In his paradigm-shifting analysis, Hulsebosch captures the essential paradox at the heart of American constitutional history: the Revolution, which brought political independence and substituted the people for the British crown as the source of legitimate authority, also led to the establishment of a newly powerful constitution and a new postcolonial genre of constitutional law that would have been the envy of the British imperial agents who had struggled to govern the colonies before the Revolution.

Author : John Phillip Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 0299139832

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Constitutional History of the American Revolution by John Phillip Reid Pdf

Author : Mercy Otis Warren
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1016113382

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History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution by Mercy Otis Warren Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9781584771555

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The Courts, the Constitution, and Parties by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin Pdf

McLaughlin, Andrew C. The Courts, The Constitution and Parties. Studies in Constitutional History and Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1912. vii, 299 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-058812. ISBN 1-58477-155-0. Cloth. $95. * "This volume is composed of five papers or addresses. Two of them are careful historical discussions of the origin of the American doctrine that courts can declare acts of the legislature void; a third shows the influence of theories of political philosophy upon the ante-bellum controversy regarding the nature of the Union; and the remaining two consider the significance of American political parties and their real function in popular government. The two papers first mentioned seem to be contributions of great and permanent value to the discussion of their topic. The style of all of these essays is easy and delightful and their argument sane, thoughtful, and persuasive." J.P.H. Harv. L. Rev. 26:280-281 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 377.

Author : Bruce Ackerman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674238848

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Revolutionary Constitutions by Bruce Ackerman Pdf

Offering insights into the origins, successes, and threats to revolutionary constitutionalism, Bruce Ackerman takes us to India, South Africa, Italy, France, Poland, Burma, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. and provides a blow-by-blow account of the tribulations that confronted popular movements in their insurgent campaigns for constitutional democracy.

Author : Merrill Jensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:421946625

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The Articles of Confederation by Merrill Jensen Pdf