Bills of Rights Before the Bill of Rights: Early State Constitutions and the American Tradition of Rights, 1776-1790

✍ Scribed by Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner

Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Tongue: English
Leaves: 389
Edition: 1st ed.
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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, there is no work that provides a comprehensive treatment of the early state declarations of rights. Rather, these declarations have been viewed as halting first steps towards the adoption of the national Bill of Rights in 1791. Bringing together the full text of the rights provisions from the 13 original states and Vermont, this book presents America’s first tradition of rights on its own terms and as part of this country’s heritage of rights. Early chapters will examine the sources of these rights and provide a comparative framework. An introduction to each chapter will review that state’s colonial history, focusing on any charters or legislation related to rights protections that help explain its constitutional provisions. This work will make it possible for students, scholars, and interested citizens to rediscover the first fruits of the American Revolution.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Introduction (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 3-17
Rights in Colonial America: 1620–1776 (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 19-42
The Rights Tradition in America’s First Constitutions (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 43-91
Front Matter ....Pages 93-93
Virginia (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 95-113
Pennsylvania (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 115-141
Maryland (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 143-163
Delaware (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 165-179
North Carolina (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 181-199
Vermont (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 201-221
Massachusetts (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 223-245
New Hampshire (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 247-266
Front Matter ....Pages 267-267
South Carolina (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 269-287
New Jersey (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 289-306
Georgia (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 307-323
New York (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 325-345
Front Matter ....Pages 347-347
Connecticut (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 349-367
Rhode Island (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 369-386
Front Matter ....Pages 387-387
Rights Without Rebellion (Peter J. Galie, Christopher Bopst, Bethany Kirschner)....Pages 389-394

✦ Subjects

Political Science and International Relations; Political Science; Constitutional Law; Governance and Government

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