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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
1760-1790Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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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.""
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Imperial Debate
2. State Constitution-Making
3. The Crisis of the 1780s
4. The Federal Constitution
5. Slavery and Constitutionalism
6. The Emergence of the Judiciary
7. The Great Demarcation Between Public and Private
Epilogue
Notes
Index
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