Origins of legislative sovereignty and the legislative state.
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Book I,dollar5Foundations (to early 19th century) /
First Statement of Responsibility
A. London Fell.
Volume Designation
Volume 6,dollar5American tradition and innovation with contemporary import and foreground. :
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvi, 459 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface; Contents; I. Introduction; 1. Founders and Foundations; 2. Libraries and Learning; 3. Struggles for Sovereignty; 4. The Centrality of Legislation; PART ONE. AMERICAN FOUNDING FATHERS, JEFFERSON AND ADAMS: PROFILES IN LEGISLATION; II. Jefferson in Legislative Profile; III. Adams in Legislative Profile; PART TWO. AMERICAN FOUNDING FATHERS, MADISON AND HAMILTON: PROFILES IN LEGISLATION; IV. Madison in Leislative Profile; V. Hamilton in Legislative Profile; PART THREE. FURTHER LEGISLATIVE FOUNDATIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND STATE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL ERAS.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This first book of the sixth volume centers on the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras in early American history, while also carrying the story ahead into the early 19th century. How did the American founders adapt and utilize European thought in their political and legal ideas on sovereignty, state, and legislation? Because of the seismic impact of European thought (and classical traditions) on America's foremost founders, it should come as no surprise that some of the most basic documents in the emergent new Republic were significantly influenced by European writings. Subsequent studies wi.
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Origins of legislative sovereignty and the legislative state.