Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume I: The Authority Of Rights (Volume 1) (Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-179)

Constitutional History of the American Revolution Volume I: The Authority of Rights Volume II: The Authority to Tax Volume III: The Authority to Legislate Volume IV: The Authority of Law 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. Frontmatter INTRODUCTION (page 3) CHAPTER 1: THE ENGLISHNESS OF RIGHTS (page 9) CHAPTER 2: RIGHTS IN GENERAL (page 16) CHAPTER 3: THE RIGHT TO PROPERTY (page 27) CHAPTER 4: THE RIGHT TO SECURITY (page 34) CHAPTER 5: THE RIGHT TO GOVERNMENT (page 39) CHAPTER 6: THE JURY RIGHT (page 47) CHAPTER 7: EQUALITY OF RIGHTS (page 60) CHAPTER 8: AUTHORITY OF RIGHTS (page 65) CHAPTER 9: CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY (page 74) CHAPTER 10: THE RIGHT TO ISONOMY (page 82) CHAPTER 11: THE AUTHORITY OF NATURE (page 87) CHAPTER 12: RIGHTS AS PROPERTY (page 96) CHAPTER 13: PROPERTY IN RIGHTS (page 103) CHAPTER 14: THE AUTHORITY OF MIGRATION (page 114) CHAPTER 15: THE MIGRATION PURCHASE (page 124) CHAPTER 16: THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT (page 132) CHAPTER 17: THE ORIGINAL COLONIAL CONTRACT (page 139) CHAPTER 18: THE REALITY OF CONTRACT (page 146) CHAPTER 19: THE EVIDENCE OF CHARTER (page 159) CHAPTER 20: THE COLONIAL GRIEVANCES (page 169) CHAPTER 21: THE ADMIRALITY GRIEVANCE (page 177) CHAPTER 22: THE DUTY OF RIGHTS (page 184) CHAPTER 23: THE EXIGENCY OF RIGHTS (page 190) CHAPTER 24: THE ISSUE OF RIGHTS (page 199) CHAPTER 25: THE CAUSATION OF RIGHTS (page 209) CHAPTER 26: THE REDRESS OF RIGHTS (page 218) CHAPTER 27: CONCLUSION (page 227) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page 241) SHORT TITLES (page 243) NOTES (page 317) INDEX (page 364) Brilliantly executed....Reid's central argument is reserved for his contentions about how the American Revolution occurred within the British constitutional framework. Crucial is his assertion that the eighteenth-century British constitution itself was a vital crossroad between the old constitution of 'customary powers, with rights secured as property' and the newer constitution 'of sovereign command and of arbitrary parliamentary supremacy.' The conflict between the two was profound and ultimately irreconcilable as the Americans, with occasional misgivings and uncertainties, sustained the old and Parliament lurched toward the new...This book (has) a compelling intellectual force that deserves the closest scrutiny.' -George M. Curtis III, American Historical Review This Work 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, And The Foundation Of Constitutional Government In Custom And Contractarian Theory. [1] The authority of rights [2] The authority to tax [3] The authority to legislate [4] The authority of law.