The Resource The constitutional origins of the American Revolution, Jack P. Greene
The constitutional origins of the American Revolution, Jack P. Greene
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The item The constitutional origins of the American Revolution, Jack P. Greene represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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- Summary
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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"--
- "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 that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the colonial era and that the failure to resolve it was the principal element in the decision of thirteen continental colonies to secede 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 and the empire as whole having an uncodified working customary constitution that determined the way authority was distributed within the empire. 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxiv, 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521132305
- Label
- The constitutional origins of the American Revolution
- Title
- The constitutional origins of the American Revolution
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack P. Greene
- Subject
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- Constitutional history -- Great Britain -- Colonies
- Constitutional history -- United States -- States
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- Constitutional history -- Great Britain
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "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"--
- "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 that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the colonial era and that the failure to resolve it was the principal element in the decision of thirteen continental colonies to secede 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 and the empire as whole having an uncodified working customary constitution that determined the way authority was distributed within the empire. 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"--
- Assigning source
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- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Greene, Jack P
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- New histories of American law
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Constitutional history
- Constitutional history
- Constitutional history
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Great Britain
- Label
- The constitutional origins of the American Revolution, Jack P. Greene
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521132305
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010030377
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)644660442
- Label
- The constitutional origins of the American Revolution, Jack P. Greene
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xxiv, 198 pages
- Isbn
- 9780521132305
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2010030377
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)644660442
Subject
- Constitutional history -- Great Britain -- Colonies
- Constitutional history -- United States -- States
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- Constitutional history -- Great Britain
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