Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II
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Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II

The Authority To Tax

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume II

The Authority To Tax

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1: The Constitutional Imperative
  4. Chapter 2: The Other Taxes
  5. Chapter 3: The Internal-External Criterion
  6. Chapter 4: The Trade Regulation Criterion
  7. Chapter 5: The Second Original Contract
  8. Chapter 6: The Imperial Contract
  9. Chapter 7: The Commercial Contract
  10. Chapter 8: The Taxation-Legislation Dichotomy
  11. Chapter 9: The Defense of Charter
  12. Chapter 10: The Doctrine of Consent to Taxation
  13. Chapter 11: The Status of the Doctrine
  14. Chapter 12: Theory of Precedent
  15. Chapter 13: Historical Aspects of the Doctrine
  16. Chapter 14: The Authority of Analogy
  17. Chapter 15: Precedents for Taxation
  18. Chapter 16: Doctrine of Custom
  19. Chapter 17: Issue of the Sugar Act
  20. Chapter 18: Issue of the Stamp Act
  21. Chapter 19: Issue of the Townshend Duties
  22. Chapter 20: Issue of the Tea Act
  23. Chapter 21: Proposed Constitutional Solutions
  24. Chapter 22: The Administration's Solution
  25. Chapter 23: The British Perspective
  26. Chapter 24: The American Perspective
  27. Chapter 25: The Shared Perspective
  28. Chapter 26: Conclusion
  29. Acknowledgments
  30. Short Titles
  31. Notes
  32. Index