The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American RevolutionUniversity of Chicago Press, 1989 - 251 strani "Americans did not rebel from Great Britain because they wanted a different government. They rebelled because they believed that Parliament was violating constitutional precepts. Colonial Whigs did not fight for American rights. They fought for English rights."—from the Preface John Phillip Reid goes on to argue that it was generally the application, not the definition, of these rights that was disputed. The sole—and critical—exception concerned the right of representation. American perceptions of the responsibility of representatives to their constituents, the necessity of equal representation, and the constitutional function of consent had diverged gradually, but significantly, from British tradition. Drawing on his mastery of eighteenth-century legal thought, Reid explores the origins and shifting meanings of representation, consent, arbitrary rule, and constitution. He demonstrates that the controversy which led to the American Revolution had more to do with jurisprudential and constitutional principles than with democracy and equality. This book will interest legal historians, Constitutional scholars, and political theorists. |
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The Concept of Consent | 11 |
Mechanics of Consent | 23 |
Concept of Representation | 31 |
Theories of Representation | 43 |
Responsibility of Representation | 63 |
Accountableness of Representation | 77 |
Authority of Consultation | 85 |
Practice of Instructions | 96 |
Corruption of Representation | 110 |
Reformation of Consent | 119 |
American Representation | 128 |
Dilemmas of Consent | 137 |
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The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution John Phillip Reid Predogled ni na voljo - 1989 |
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