The Canadian federalist experiment : from defiant monarchy to reluctant republic /

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"The Canadian Federalist Experiment details how the fathers of Canadian Confederation, eager to perpetuate monarchical government despite Enlightenment thinkers' views that republicanism was the only legitimate form of government, embraced the Hobbesean principles of the English constituti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vaughan, Frederick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Confederation of Canada (1867)
Since 1867
HISTORY.
Canada / General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Politics and government
Föderalismus
Geschichte
Government - Canada.
Government - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Canada > Politics and government > 1867-
Canada > History > Confederation, 1867.
Canada > Histoire > 1867 (Confédération)
Canada > Politique et gouvernement > 1867-
Canada
Kanada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: An Improbable Ambition
  • The Enlightenment and the Foundations of Modern Government in England and America
  • From Royal Prerogative to Responsible Government
  • The Foundations of Eddystone
  • An Object Much to be Desired
  • The Ambiguous Embrace of Federalism
  • The Courts and the Rise of Judicial Power
  • A Nation of Christians
  • The Charter Court and the Decline of Parliament
  • Epilogue: Clinging to the Wreckage.

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