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Describes the arguments around the American Revolution over the creation of the Articles of Confederation and its replacement, the Constitution.
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constitutionalism, federalism, governance, the judiciary, lawPlaces
Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, South Carolina, VirginiaTimes
1760-1790Edition | Availability |
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Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution
2021, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
hardcover
in English
0197546919 9780197546918
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"In his pamphlet Common Sense, published six months before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paine called for a “CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE,” which, “being impowered by the people,” would have the legal authority to draw up a “CHARTER,” a written document for America “answering to what is called the Magna Charter of England.""
Table of Contents
Contents
Page vii
Acknowledgments
Page ix
Introduction
Page 1
1.
The Imperial Debate
Page 10
2.
State Constitution-Making
Page 32
3.
The Crisis of the 1780s
Page 54
4.
The Federal Constitution
Page 74
5.
Slavery and Constitutionalism
Page 100
6.
The Emergence of the Judiciary
Page 126
7.
The Great Demarcation Between Public and Private
Page 149
Epilogue
Page 175
Notes
Page 189
Index
Page 215
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