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First American Constitutions : Republican Ideology and the Making of the State Constitutions in the Revolutionary Era.

For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development. Any constitutional history of the independent United States must begin with this comprehensive study. This volume contains two new chapters: one demonstrating precedents in the st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Willi Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development. Any constitutional history of the independent United States must begin with this comprehensive study. This volume contains two new chapters: one demonstrating precedents in the state constitutions for the U.S. Constitution, and another chapter critically testing the 'republicanism over liberalism' thesis against political ideas and institutional arrangements that constitute the first state constitutions.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1299796788
9781299796782
0742520692
9780742520691