Constituting empire : New York and the transformation of constitutionalism in the Atlantic world, 1664-1830 /

Explains how colonists and administrators reconfigured British legal sources to suit their needs in an expanding empire. This story captures the essential paradox at the heart of American constitutional history: the Revolution, which brought political independence and substituted the people for the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hulsebosch, Daniel Joseph (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
Colección:Studies in legal history.
Temas:
To 1865
Constitutional history > New York (State)
Political culture > New York (State) > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
British colonies.
Constitutional history.
Colonies > Administration.
Political culture.
Politics and government
New York (State) > Politics and government > To 1775.
New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Great Britain > Colonies > Administration > History.
New York (État) > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1775.
New York (État) > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Administration > Histoire.
New York (State)
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Empire and liberty
  • Time immemorial : the foundations of common-law culture in an imperial province
  • The multiple constitutions of empire in New York, 1750-1777
  • The search for imperial law in the 1760s
  • Provincial resistance and garrison government
  • The state constitution of 1777
  • The imperial federalist: ratification and the creation of constitutional law
  • Empire state : constitutional politics and the convention of 1821
  • An empire of law.

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