Constitutional History of the American Revolution

by Reid, John Phillip

• ISBN13: 9780299139841
• ISBN10: 0299139840
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

This is the first comprehensive study of the constitutionality of the Parliamentary legislation cited by the American Continental Congress as a justification for its rebellion against Great Britain in 1776. The content and purpose of that legislation is well known to historians, but here John Phillip Reid places it in the context of eighteenth-century constitutional doctrine and discusses its legality in terms of the intellectual premises of eighteenth-century Anglo-American legal values.

Author Biography

John Phillip Reid is professor of law at New York University.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
The Coercive Acts	p. 9
The Massachusetts Acts	p. 12
The Quebec Act	p. 23
The Coercive Grievance	p. 27
The Arbitrary Grievance	p. 29
The "Liberty" Grievance	p. 37
The Supremacy Issue	p. 43
The Supremacy Cause	p. 47
The Glorious Revolution Issue	p. 52
The Kingliness of Parliament	p. 55
The Englishness of Americans	p. 60
Revolution Principles	p. 63
The Liberty Issue	p. 69
The Security Issue	p. 72
The Subjects-of-Subjects Issue	p. 76
The Representation Issue	p. 83
The Autonomy Issue	p. 88
Representation Solutions	p. 97
The Problems of Representation	p. 99
Representation Rejected	p. 102
Intermediate Solutions	p. 108
The Galloway Plan	p. 112
Parliamentary Solutions	p. 119
The Repeal Solution	p. 125
"Right," "Acknowledgment," and "Renunciation" Solutions	p. 134
The Acknowledgment Solution	p. 138
The Renunciation Solution	p. 142
The Dernier Solution	p. 149
Prerogative Solutions	p. 151
Conclusion	p. 163
Acknowledgments	p. 177
Short Titles	p. 179
Notes	p. 221
Index	p. 267
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