The Canadian federalist experiment from defiant monarchy to reluctant republic
"The Canadian Federalist Experiment details how the fathers of Canadian Confederation, eager to perpetuate monarchical government despite Enlightenment thinkers' views that republicanism was the only legitimate form of government, embraced the Hobbesean principles of the English constituti...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal :
McGill-Queen's University Press
c2003.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31091702*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: An Improbable Ambition
- The Enlightenment and the Foundations of Modern Government in England and America
- From Royal Prerogative to Responsible Government
- The Foundations of Eddystone
- An Object Much to be Desired
- The Ambiguous Embrace of Federalism
- The Courts and the Rise of Judicial Power
- A Nation of Christians
- The Charter Court and the Decline of Parliament
- Epilogue: Clinging to the Wreckage.
