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The 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, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2001.
Edición:Expanded ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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 (xxi, 378 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-365) and index.
ISBN:9780742580107
0742580105