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Author Gargarella, Roberto

Title The Legal Foundations of Inequality : Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860
Published Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages)
Series Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy, 8
Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy, 8
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Radicalism: Honoring the General Will; Chapter Two Conservatism: The Moral Cement of Society; Chapter Three Liberalism: Between Tyranny and Anarchy; Chapter Four The Quest for Equality; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book examines the influence of opposing constitutional ideals during the 'founding period' of constitutionalism in the Americas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the Spanish
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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
ISBN 9780511744402
0511744404
9780511743320
0511743327