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Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II The Authority to Tax
- Title
- Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II The authority to tax / The Authority to Tax / [electronic resource] : John Phillip Reid.
- Author
- Reid, John Phillip.
- Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013.
- Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, 1987.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 419 pages).)
- Summary
- John Phillip Reid addresses the central constitutional issues that divided the American colonists from their English legislators: the authority to tax, the authority to legislate, the security of rights, the nature of law, the foundation of constitutional government in custom and contractarian theory, and the search for a constitutional settlement.
- Uniform Title
- Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II The authority to tax (Online)
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Alternative Title
- Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II The authority to tax (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- Chapter 1. The Constitutional imperative -- Chapter 2. The other taxes -- Chapter 3. The internal-external criterion -- Chapter 4. The trade regulation criterion -- Chapter 5. The second original contract -- Chapter 6. The imperial contract -- Chapter 7. The commercial contract -- Chapter 8. The taxation-legislation dichotomy -- Chapter 9. The defense of charter -- Chapter 10. The doctrine of consent to taxation -- Chapter 11. The status of the doctrine -- Chapter 12. Theory of precedent -- Chapter 13. Historical aspects of the doctrine -- Chapter 14. The authority of analogy -- Chapter 15. Precedents for taxation -- Chapter 16. Doctrine of custom -- Chapter 17. Issue of the Sugar Act -- Chapter 18. Issue of the Stamp Act -- Chapter 19. Issue of the Townshend Duties -- Chapter 20. Issue of the Tea Act -- Chapter 21. Proposed constitutional solutions -- Chapter 22. The administration's solution -- Chapter 23. The British perspective -- Chapter 24. The American perspective -- Chapter 25. The shared perspective -- Chapter 26. Conclusion.
- OCLC
- ssj0001339437
- Author
- Reid, John Phillip.
- Title
- Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II The authority to tax / The Authority to Tax / [electronic resource] : John Phillip Reid.
- Imprint
- Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
- Series
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
- Project Muste.Project Muse.
- Other Form:
- Print version: 029911290X 9780299112905