Title The legal foundations of inequality : constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860 / Roberto Gargarella

Published Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) Series Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy. Contents Introduction -- Radicalism : honoring the general will -- Conservativism : the moral cement of society -- Liberalism : between tyranny and anarchy -- The quest for equality Summary This book examines the influence of opposing constitutional ideals during the 'founding period' of constitutionalism in the Americas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index Notes Translated from the Spanish Print version record Subject Constitutional history -- Latin America Constitutional history -- United States. Equality before the law -- Latin America Equality before the law -- United States. LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. Constitutional history Equality before the law constitutionnalisme -- égalitarisme -- inégalité sociale -- Etats-Unis -- 1776 -- 1860. constitutionnalisme -- égalitarisme -- inégalité sociale -- Amérique latine -- 1776 -- 1860. droit constitutionnel -- égalitarisme -- liberté individuelle -- Etats-Unis -- 1776 -- 1860. droit constitutionnel -- égalitarisme -- liberté individuelle -- Amérique latine -- 1776 -- 1860. Latin America United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2010455248 ISBN 9780511744402 0511744404 9780511749872 0511749872 9780511743320 0511743327 9780511750618 0511750617 1107617812 9781107617810 1107204917 9781107204911 0511847327 9780511847325 1282630652 9781282630659 9786612630651 6612630655 0511749120 9780511749124 0511742258 9780511742255

Other Titles Fundamentos legales de la desigualdad. English Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860

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