Power and Liberty
Subtitle: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Oxford, U.K.
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780197546918
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Law, united states
First sentence: 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."
Description: "This book deals with important issues of constitutionalism in the American Revolution. It ranges from the imperial debate that led to the Declaration of Independence to the revolutionary state constitution making in 1776 and the creation of the Federal Constitution in 1787. It includes a discussion of slavery and constitutionalism, the emergence of the judiciary as one of the major tripartite institutions of government, and the demarcation between public and private that was a consequence of the government"--
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: vii; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: The Imperial Debate
pagenum: 10; label: 2
title: State Constitution-Making
pagenum: 32; label: 3
title: The Crisis of the 1780s
pagenum: 54; label: 4
title: The Federal Constitution
pagenum: 74; label: 5
title: Slavery and Constitutionalism
pagenum: 100; label: 6
title: The Emergence of the Judiciary
pagenum: 126; label: 7
title: The Great Demarcation Between Public and Private
pagenum: 149; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 175; title: Notes
pagenum: 189; title: Index
pagenum: 215