The first The first American constitutions : Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / |c Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.constitutions : |b Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / / Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris |
Autore | Adams Willi Paul <1940-> |
Edizione | [Expanded edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
Disciplina | 342.73/029 |
Soggetto topico | Constitutional history - United States - States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7425-2068-4
0-7425-8010-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword by Richard B. Morris; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Expanded Edition; INTRODUCTION; The First American Constitutions; Republicanism, Federalism, and Constitutionalism; The English Constitution in the Eighteenth Century; The Colonists' Theory of Empire; The American Concept of a Constitution; The Founding Spirit; 1. GOVERNMENT BY CONGRESSES AND COMMITTEES, 1773 -1776; The Assumption of Power; Units of Revolutionary Action; A Case Study: The Assumption of Power in Massachusetts
The Committees of Correspondence and the First Continental CongressThe End of Government by Congresses and Committees; 2. THE ROLE OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRES S, 1775-1776; Massachusetts Requests Advice; A Model Constitution for All the States?; The Initiatives of New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Virginia; The Resolution of May 10 and 15, 1776; 3. ""CHOOSING DEPUTIES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT"": THE MAKING OF THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTIONS; Organizing the ""Constituent Power""; Connecticut and Rhode Island; The State Constitutions, 1776-1780; Constituent Power on the Frontier Practical Limits of the Constituent Power4. ""REPUBLIC"" AND ""DEMOCRACY"" IN POLITICAL RHETORIC; ""Republican"" as a Smear Word; Criticism of Monarchical Government; Avowal of Republicanism; ""Republic"" and ""Democracy"" as Synonyms; The Federalists' Usage in 1787; 5. FORMS VERSUS PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT: HARNESSING ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS TO ANGLO-AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS; Forms versus Principles; Thomas Paine and John Adams; Ten Principles of Republican Government; 6. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY; A European Perspective; Sovereignty Modifted by Federalism The Sovereignty Clauses in the State ConstitutionsThe Right to Resist Government; The Right to Change a Constitution; Sovereignty Limited by Civil Rights; Popular Sovereignty as the Criterion of Political Radicalism; 7. LIBERTY; An Asylum for Which Liberty?; English Liberties and the Debate on Colonial Government and Independence; Liberty and Liberties in the State Constitutions; Liberty and Law; Liberty and Property; 8. EQUALITY; Equality in the Empire; Equality in the Declaration of lndependence; Equality Clauses in the Bills of Rights; Education and Property as Factors of Inequality Race as a Factor of InequalityMembers Only; 9. PROPERTY; The Colonists and the ""Natural Right of Property""; Property Clauses in the State Constitutions; Primogeniture and Entail; Property Qualifications for Voting; The Restrictive Effect of Property Qualifications; Justification and Criticism of Property Qualifications; 10. THE COMMON GOOD; The Common Good versus Colonial Rule; The Common Good in the State Constitutions; ""Public good is, as it were, a common bank""; Parties, Representation, and the Common Good; 11. REPRESENTATION; ""Virtual"" Representation and the Colonial Assemblies Representative Democracy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452638003321 |
Adams Willi Paul <1940-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The first The first American constitutions : Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / |c Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.constitutions : |b Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / / Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris |
Autore | Adams Willi Paul <1940-> |
Edizione | [Expanded edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
Disciplina | 342.73/029 |
Soggetto topico | Constitutional history - United States - States |
ISBN |
0-7425-2068-4
0-7425-8010-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword by Richard B. Morris; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Expanded Edition; INTRODUCTION; The First American Constitutions; Republicanism, Federalism, and Constitutionalism; The English Constitution in the Eighteenth Century; The Colonists' Theory of Empire; The American Concept of a Constitution; The Founding Spirit; 1. GOVERNMENT BY CONGRESSES AND COMMITTEES, 1773 -1776; The Assumption of Power; Units of Revolutionary Action; A Case Study: The Assumption of Power in Massachusetts
The Committees of Correspondence and the First Continental CongressThe End of Government by Congresses and Committees; 2. THE ROLE OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRES S, 1775-1776; Massachusetts Requests Advice; A Model Constitution for All the States?; The Initiatives of New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Virginia; The Resolution of May 10 and 15, 1776; 3. ""CHOOSING DEPUTIES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT"": THE MAKING OF THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTIONS; Organizing the ""Constituent Power""; Connecticut and Rhode Island; The State Constitutions, 1776-1780; Constituent Power on the Frontier Practical Limits of the Constituent Power4. ""REPUBLIC"" AND ""DEMOCRACY"" IN POLITICAL RHETORIC; ""Republican"" as a Smear Word; Criticism of Monarchical Government; Avowal of Republicanism; ""Republic"" and ""Democracy"" as Synonyms; The Federalists' Usage in 1787; 5. FORMS VERSUS PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT: HARNESSING ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS TO ANGLO-AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS; Forms versus Principles; Thomas Paine and John Adams; Ten Principles of Republican Government; 6. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY; A European Perspective; Sovereignty Modifted by Federalism The Sovereignty Clauses in the State ConstitutionsThe Right to Resist Government; The Right to Change a Constitution; Sovereignty Limited by Civil Rights; Popular Sovereignty as the Criterion of Political Radicalism; 7. LIBERTY; An Asylum for Which Liberty?; English Liberties and the Debate on Colonial Government and Independence; Liberty and Liberties in the State Constitutions; Liberty and Law; Liberty and Property; 8. EQUALITY; Equality in the Empire; Equality in the Declaration of lndependence; Equality Clauses in the Bills of Rights; Education and Property as Factors of Inequality Race as a Factor of InequalityMembers Only; 9. PROPERTY; The Colonists and the ""Natural Right of Property""; Property Clauses in the State Constitutions; Primogeniture and Entail; Property Qualifications for Voting; The Restrictive Effect of Property Qualifications; Justification and Criticism of Property Qualifications; 10. THE COMMON GOOD; The Common Good versus Colonial Rule; The Common Good in the State Constitutions; ""Public good is, as it were, a common bank""; Parties, Representation, and the Common Good; 11. REPRESENTATION; ""Virtual"" Representation and the Colonial Assemblies Representative Democracy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790593303321 |
Adams Willi Paul <1940-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The first The first American constitutions : Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / |c Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.constitutions : |b Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / / Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris |
Autore | Adams Willi Paul <1940-> |
Edizione | [Expanded edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
Disciplina | 342.73/029 |
Soggetto topico | Constitutional history - United States - States |
ISBN |
0-7425-2068-4
0-7425-8010-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Foreword by Richard B. Morris; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Expanded Edition; INTRODUCTION; The First American Constitutions; Republicanism, Federalism, and Constitutionalism; The English Constitution in the Eighteenth Century; The Colonists' Theory of Empire; The American Concept of a Constitution; The Founding Spirit; 1. GOVERNMENT BY CONGRESSES AND COMMITTEES, 1773 -1776; The Assumption of Power; Units of Revolutionary Action; A Case Study: The Assumption of Power in Massachusetts
The Committees of Correspondence and the First Continental CongressThe End of Government by Congresses and Committees; 2. THE ROLE OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRES S, 1775-1776; Massachusetts Requests Advice; A Model Constitution for All the States?; The Initiatives of New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Virginia; The Resolution of May 10 and 15, 1776; 3. ""CHOOSING DEPUTIES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT"": THE MAKING OF THE FIRST STATE CONSTITUTIONS; Organizing the ""Constituent Power""; Connecticut and Rhode Island; The State Constitutions, 1776-1780; Constituent Power on the Frontier Practical Limits of the Constituent Power4. ""REPUBLIC"" AND ""DEMOCRACY"" IN POLITICAL RHETORIC; ""Republican"" as a Smear Word; Criticism of Monarchical Government; Avowal of Republicanism; ""Republic"" and ""Democracy"" as Synonyms; The Federalists' Usage in 1787; 5. FORMS VERSUS PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT: HARNESSING ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS TO ANGLO-AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS; Forms versus Principles; Thomas Paine and John Adams; Ten Principles of Republican Government; 6. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY; A European Perspective; Sovereignty Modifted by Federalism The Sovereignty Clauses in the State ConstitutionsThe Right to Resist Government; The Right to Change a Constitution; Sovereignty Limited by Civil Rights; Popular Sovereignty as the Criterion of Political Radicalism; 7. LIBERTY; An Asylum for Which Liberty?; English Liberties and the Debate on Colonial Government and Independence; Liberty and Liberties in the State Constitutions; Liberty and Law; Liberty and Property; 8. EQUALITY; Equality in the Empire; Equality in the Declaration of lndependence; Equality Clauses in the Bills of Rights; Education and Property as Factors of Inequality Race as a Factor of InequalityMembers Only; 9. PROPERTY; The Colonists and the ""Natural Right of Property""; Property Clauses in the State Constitutions; Primogeniture and Entail; Property Qualifications for Voting; The Restrictive Effect of Property Qualifications; Justification and Criticism of Property Qualifications; 10. THE COMMON GOOD; The Common Good versus Colonial Rule; The Common Good in the State Constitutions; ""Public good is, as it were, a common bank""; Parties, Representation, and the Common Good; 11. REPRESENTATION; ""Virtual"" Representation and the Colonial Assemblies Representative Democracy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817593103321 |
Adams Willi Paul <1940-> | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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