Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State

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Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State Volume Six
American Traditions and Innovation with Contemporary Import and Foreground
Book I: Foundations
(to Early 19th Century)

A. London Fell

Book Code: C3976

ISBN: 0-275-93976-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-93976-2

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488 pages, charts; photos

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 7/30/2004

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Description: 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 will take up the same basic themes in American thought and events from the mid-19th century to the present period. The common denominator of legislation is seen to underlie their concepts of sovereignty and the state across a diverse range of "isms" such as utilitarianism, positivism, idealism, socialism, and nationalism, in the 19th century and in related "neo" and "anti-neo" forms in the 20th century. The organization and classification of these and other issues is on the whole novel and comprehensive. As various reviewers have indicated, nothing of this magnitude on the subjects at hand has ever before been attempted.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
American Founding Fathers, Jefferson and Adams: Profiles in Legislation
Jefferson in Legislative Profile
Adams in Legislative Profile
American Founding Fathers, Madison and Hamilton: Profiles in Legislation
Madison in Legislative Profile
Hamilton in Legislative Profile
Further Legislative Foundations of Sovereignty and State in the Revolutionary and Constitutional Eras
The Testimony of Other Figures
Congress, Capitol, and Capital
Notes (Bibliographic, Historiographic, Documentary)
Annexes
Illustrations


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