Athens, Rome, and England : America's constitutional heritage / Matthew A. Pauley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pauley, Matthew A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Roman law--History.

Roman law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, DE : Griffon House Publications, [2014]

Summary:

Uncovering the roots of the U.S. Constitution.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part One: The Constitution of Ancient Athens

1 Ancient Greece and American Constitutionalism

2 The Evolution of Athenian Democracy: Model and Contrast for American Democratic Development

3 The Empire of Reason: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

Part Two: The Constitution of Ancient Rome

4 Rome, America, and the Importance of Roman Law

5 Roman Law and American Law: Comparisons and Contrasts

6 Roman Law from the Monarchy to the Republic

7 The Republic in Decline and the Empire

Part Three: The English Constitution and English Common Law

8 The Importance and Origins of the English Constitution

9 English Law from the Conquest to Magna Carta, 1066-1215

10 From Magna Carta to the Origins of Parliament

11 Henry VII and the Foundations of Tudor Constitutionalism

12 Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, and the Tudor Constitutional Revolution

13 James I and the Start of the English Constitutional Crisis of the Seventeenth Century

14 From Civil War to Glorious Revolution

15 From Classical and Common Law Background to American Constitutionalism

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Copyright Page.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781497675131

1497675138