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