Vicki Hsueh

Hybrid Constitutions

Challenging Legacies of Law, Privilege, and Culture in Colonial America

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780822346180
• ISBN-10: 0822346184
• Artikelnr.: 29921097

Autorenporträt

Vicki Hsueh is Associate Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
1. Hybrid Constitutionalisms: Unsettling the Empire of Uniformity 1
2. "Not Repugnant or Contrary": Law, Discretion, and Colonial Founding 25
3. Giving Orders: Theory and Practice in the Fundamental Constitutions of
Carolina 55
4. Under Negotiation: Treaty Power and Hybrid Constitutionalism in
Pennsylvania 83
5. Negotiating Culture: Plurality and Power in Hybrid Constitutionalism 113
Notes 135
Bibliography 163
Index