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Hybrid Constitutions : Challenging Legacies of Law, Privilege, and Culture in Colonial America /

Study of three proprietary colonies--Maryland, Carolina, and Pennsylvania--that emphasizes the uneven, local, and contingent aspects of the development of American constitutionalism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hsueh, Vicki, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Duke University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hybrid constitutionalisms: unsettling the empire of uniformity
  • "Not repugnant or contrary": law, discretion, and colonial founding
  • Giving orders: theory and practice in the Fundamental constitutions of Carolina
  • Under negotiation: treaty power and hybrid constitutionalism in Pennsylvania
  • Negotiating culture: plurality and power in hybrid constitutionalism.