The first American constitutions : Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.
2001
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Author
Title
The first American constitutions : Republican ideology and the making of the state constitutions in the Revolutionary era / Willi Paul Adams ; translated by Rita and Robert Kimber ; with a foreword by Richard B. Morris.
Uniform Title
Republikanische Verfassung und bürgerliche Freiheit. English
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2001]
Copyright
©2001
Call Number
KF4541 .A7513 2001
Edition
Expanded edition.
ISBN
0742520684 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742520692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0742520692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xxi, 378 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)43936733
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [332]-365) and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Richard B. Morris
Preface
Preface to the Expanded Edition
Introduction
1
1
Government by Congresses and Committees, 1773-1776
25
2
The Role of the Continental Congress, 1775-1776
47
3
"Choosing Deputies to Form a Government": The Making of the First State Constitutions
61
4
"Republic" and "Democracy" in Political Rhetoric
96
5
Forms versus Principles of Government: Harnessing Enlightenment Ideas to Anglo-American Institutions
115
6
Popular Sovereignty
126
7
Liberty
147
8
Equality
161
9
Property
187
10
The Common Good
216
11
Representation
228
12
The Separation of Powers
254
13
Federalism
274
14
The State Constitutions' Analogies and Precedents for the United States Constitution
290
15
Testing the Republicanism versus Liberalism Hypotheses
301
Appendixes
315
Bibliography
332
Supplementary Bibliography
357
Index
366