Hybrid constitutions : challenging legacies of law, privilege, and culture in colonial America / Vicki Hsueh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hsueh, Vicki , 1973-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States--States.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional history--Great Britain--Colonies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Demonstrates that in the early English colonies in North America, constitutional thought and practice were more diverse than historians and political theorists have thought.

Contents:

Hybrid constitutionalisms : unsettling the empire of uniformity

"Not repugnant or contrary" : law, discretion, and colonial founding

Giving orders : theory and practice in the fundamental constitutions of Carolina

Under negotiation : treaty power and hybrid constitutionalism in Pennsylvania

Negotiating culture : plurality and power in hybrid constitutionalism.

Notes:

Description based on print version record

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-182) and index.

ISBN:

9786613036193

9781283036191

1283036193

9780822391616

0822391619

OCLC:

631259587