Constituting empire New York and the transformation of constitutionalism in the Atlantic world, 1664-1830
Hulsebosch explains how colonists and administrators reconfigured British legal sources to suit their needs in an expanding empire. In this story, familiar characters such as Alexander Hamilton and James Kent appear in a new light as among the nation's most important framers, and forgotten loya...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press
c2005.
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| Colección: | Studies in legal history
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| Acceso en línea: | Sumario |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991004596689708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Empire and liberty
- Time immemorial : the foundations of common-law culture in an imperial province
- The multiple constitutions of empire in New York, 1750-1777
- The search for imperial law in the 1760s
- Provincial resistance and garrison government
- The state constitution of 1777
- The imperial federalist: ratification and the creation of constitutional law
- Empire state : constitutional politics and the convention of 1821
- An empire of law.
