Présentation de l'éditeur : "This book is a documentary history of the rights found in the American state constitutions adopted between 1776 and 1790. Despite the rich tradition of rights at the state level, rights in America have been identified almost exclusively with the nati…
1. Introduction -- 2. Rights in Colonial America: 1620-1776 -- 3. The Rights Tradition in America's First Constitution -- 4. Virginia -- 5. Pennsylvania -- 6. Maryland -- 7. Delaware -- 8. North Carolina -- 9. Vermont -- 10. Massachusetts -- 11. New Hampshire -- 12. South Caroli…
"This book is a documentary history of the rights found in the American state constitutions adopted between 1776 and 1790. Despite the rich tradition of rights at the state level, rights in America have been identified almost exclusively with the national Bill of Rights. Indeed,…