Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II : The Authority To Tax / The authority to tax / The authority to tax /

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 theor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reid, John Phillip (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Constitutional history > United States.
Taxing power > United States > History.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. The Constitutional imperative
  • Chapter 2. The other taxes
  • Chapter 3. The internal-external criterion
  • Chapter 4. The trade regulation criterion
  • Chapter 5. The second original contract
  • Chapter 6. The imperial contract
  • Chapter 7. The commercial contract
  • Chapter 8. The taxation-legislation dichotomy
  • Chapter 9. The defense of charter
  • Chapter 10. The doctrine of consent to taxation
  • Chapter 11. The status of the doctrine
  • Chapter 12. Theory of precedent
  • Chapter 13. Historical aspects of the doctrine
  • Chapter 14. The authority of analogy
  • Chapter 15. Precedents for taxation
  • Chapter 16. Doctrine of custom
  • Chapter 17. Issue of the Sugar Act
  • Chapter 18. Issue of the Stamp Act
  • Chapter 19. Issue of the Townshend Duties
  • Chapter 20. Issue of the Tea Act
  • Chapter 21. Proposed constitutional solutions
  • Chapter 22. The administration's solution
  • Chapter 23. The British perspective
  • Chapter 24. The American perspective
  • Chapter 25. The shared perspective
  • Chapter 26. Conclusion.

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