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The legal foundations of inequality : = constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860 /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The legal foundations of inequality :/ Roberto Gargarella.
Reminder of title:	constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860 /
Author:	Gargarella, Roberto,
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Constitutional history - Latin America. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750618
ISBN:	9780511750618 (ebook)

The legal foundations of inequality : = constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860 /
Gargarella, Roberto,1964-

The legal foundations of inequality :constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860 /Roberto Gargarella. - 1 online resource (ix, 273 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy ;8. - Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy ;8..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction -- Radicalism : honoring the general will -- Conservativism : the moral cement of society -- Liberalism : between tyranny and anarchy -- The quest for equality.

The long revolutionary movements that gave birth to constitutional democracies in the Americas were founded on egalitarian constitutional ideals. They claimed that all men were created equal with similar capacities and also that the community should become self-governing. Following the first constitutional debates that took place in the region, these promising egalitarian claims, which gave legitimacy to the revolutions, soon fell out of favor. Advocates of a conservative order challenged both ideals and favored constitutions that established religion and created an exclusionary political structure. Liberals proposed constitutions that protected individual autonomy and rights but established severe restrictions on the principle of majority rule. Radicals favored an openly majoritarian constitutional organization that, according to many, directly threatened the protection of individual rights. This book examines the influence of these opposite views during the 'founding period' of constitutionalism in countries including the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.

ISBN: 9780511750618 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

800154
Constitutional history
--Latin America.

LC Class. No.: KG545 / .G3713 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 342.8029

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