Constituting empire : New York and the transformation of constitutionalism in the Atlantic world, 1664-1830 / Daniel J. Hulsebosch.
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TextSeries: Studies in legal historyPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (494 pages)Content type: - text
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- New York and the transformation of constitutionalism in the Atlantic world, 1664-1830
- Constitutional history -- New York (State)
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History
- Political culture -- New York (State) -- History
- Constitutional history -- United States
- New York (État) -- Politique et gouvernement -- Jusqu'à 1775
- New York (État) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1775-1865
- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Administration -- Histoire
- Histoire constitutionnelle -- États-Unis
- LAW -- Constitutional
- LAW -- Public
- British colonies
- Constitutional history
- Colonies -- Administration
- Political culture
- Politics and government
- New York (State)
- United States
- Law - U.S
- Law, Politics & Government
- Law - N.Y. State
- To 1865
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- KFN5681 .H85 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-465) and index.
Empire and liberty -- Time immemorial : the foundations of common-law culture in an imperial province -- The multiple constitutions of empire in New York, 1750-1777 -- The search for imperial law in the 1760s -- Provincial resistance and garrison government -- The state constitution of 1777 -- The imperial federalist: ratification and the creation of constitutional law -- Empire state : constitutional politics and the convention of 1821 -- An empire of law.
Explains how colonists and administrators reconfigured British legal sources to suit their needs in an expanding empire. This story captures the essential paradox at the heart of American constitutional history: the Revolution, which brought political independence and substituted the people for the British crown.
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