Constitutional History of the American Revolution V. 4; Authority of Law
Constitutional History of the American Revolution V. 4; Authority of Law

Author: John Phillip Reid

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2003-03

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780299139841

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This work addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, and the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory.

Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II
Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II

Author: John Phillip Reid

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2003-03

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 9780299112943

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John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.

Constitutional History of the American Revolution
Constitutional History of the American Revolution

Author: John Phillip Reid

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780299130701

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Brilliantly executed....Reid's central argument is reserved for his contentions about how the American Revolution occurred within the British constitutional framework. Crucial is his assertion that the eighteenth-century British constitution itself was a vital crossroad between the old constitution of 'customary powers, with rights secured as property' and the newer constitution 'of sovereign command and of arbitrary parliamentary supremacy.' The conflict between the two was profound and ultimately irreconcilable as the Americans, with occasional misgivings and uncertainties, sustained the old and Parliament lurched toward the new...This book (has) a compelling intellectual force that deserves the closest scrutiny.' -George M. Curtis III, American Historical Review

Constitutional History of the American Revolution
Constitutional History of the American Revolution

Author: John Phillip Reid

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2003-03

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780299108748

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John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.

The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution
The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution

Author: Jack P. Greene

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-10-25

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1139492934

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Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization. The failure to resolve the resulting tensions led to the thirteen continental colonies seceding from the empire in 1776. Challenging those historians who have assumed that the British had the law on their side during the debates that led to the American Revolution, this volume argues that the empire had long exhibited a high degree of constitutional multiplicity, with each colony having its own discrete constitution. Contending that these constitutions cannot be conflated with the metropolitan British constitution, it argues that British refusal to accept the legitimacy of colonial understandings of the sanctity of the many colonial constitutions and the imperial constitution was the critical element leading to the American Revolution.

The American Revolution
The American Revolution

Author: Charles Howard McIlwain

Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1584775688

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In this work, which won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize in history, McIlwain argues that the central problem in the genesis of the American Revolution was the determination of the exact nature of the British Empire's constitution. "After a searching examination of a wealth of judicial precedents drawn largely from Ireland's relations with the English king and parliament, the author reaches the conclusion that 'there was a bona fide constitutional issue which preceded the American Revolution, and from which it in part resulted.' He contends that, strictly from the legal standpoint, the colonists had a number of good constitutional precedents to support their position.": Allison, Fay, [et. al.] A Guide to Historical Literature cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University (1953) 377.

Constitutional History of the American Revolution
Constitutional History of the American Revolution

Author: John Phillip Reid

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 9780299130732

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John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement. It was the exercise of legislation-the subject of this study-that cast the constitutional die for rebellion.