After concluding that the mid-eighteenth-century colonial legal system usually functioned effectively, this book focuses on constitutional events leading to the American Revolution, showing how lawyers used ideology in the interests of their clients and became revolutionary leaders. Ideology thus served to protect institutional structures and socio-economic interests.
After concluding that the mid-eighteenth-century colonial legal system usually functioned effectively, this book focuses on constitutional events leading to the American Revolution, showing how lawyers used ideology in the interests of their clients and became revolutionary leaders. Ideology thus served to protect institutional structures and socio-economic interests.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William E. Nelson has been writing and teaching in the field of American legal history for nearly 50 years. He is the author of twelve monographs and editor of three other books. In 1961 he founded the Legal History Colloquium at NYU Law School, where nearly 100 younger scholars have held fellowships and received post-graduate training, and has presided over the Colloquium since that time.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1: Common Law Constitutionalism Chapter 2: Localist Constitutionalism Chapter 3: Uncontested Legal Practices Chapter 4: The Well-Functioning Empire of the Mid-Eighteenth Century Chapter 5: Government Failure in Two Colonies Chapter 6: Weakening the Bonds of Empire Chapter 7: Testing the Bonds of Empire Chapter 8: Terminating the Ties of Empire Chapter 9: Conclusion: Legal and Constitutional Legacies
Introduction Chapter 1: Common Law Constitutionalism Chapter 2: Localist Constitutionalism Chapter 3: Uncontested Legal Practices Chapter 4: The Well-Functioning Empire of the Mid-Eighteenth Century Chapter 5: Government Failure in Two Colonies Chapter 6: Weakening the Bonds of Empire Chapter 7: Testing the Bonds of Empire Chapter 8: Terminating the Ties of Empire Chapter 9: Conclusion: Legal and Constitutional Legacies
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