Hardcover. How did contemporary English and European notions of sovereignty, empire, law and state formation impact upon English methods of settlement and governance in the Americas? Using documents such as travel narratives, promotional literature, colonial charters, maps, diplomatic correspondence and state papers, Ken MacMillan offers a major new study of legal imperialism under Queen Elizabeth and the early Stuarts. He argues that the imperial centre had a legal and historical right and responsibility to supervise its colonial peripheries. By drawing on legal resources associated with Roman law and the law of nations, the crown and its agents ensured that English New World claims would gain recognition in the broader European community, thereby establishing legal foundations that would have an enduring impact on the British Empire. The book will appeal to scholars in imperial studies, English and American legal and constitutional history, foreign affairs and the history of international law. ?A calm, thorough, reasoned discussion of the major types of anti-democratic thought, and of their inadequacies and excesses. Mr. Spitz uses chiefly modern American thinkers for analysis and illustration, though he does not use them to urge that our system of government is endangered, or that totalitarianism is imminent.?-American Political Science Review This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Patterns of Anti-Democratic Thought (Hardcover)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport
Publication Date: 1981
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0313223920
ISBN 13: 9780313223921
Binding: Hardcover
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How did contemporary English and European notions of sovereignty empire law and state formation impact upon English methods of settlement and governance in the Americas Using documents such as travel narratives promotional literature colonial charters maps diplomatic correspondence and state papers Ken MacMillan offers a major new study of legal imperialism under Queen Elizabeth and the early Stuarts He argues that the imperial centre had a legal and historical right and responsibility to supervise its colonial peripheries By drawing on legal resources associated with Roman law and the law of nations the crown and its agents ensured that English New World claims would gain recognition in the broader European community thereby establishing legal foundations that would have an enduring impact on the British Empire The book will appeal to scholars in imperial studies English and American legal and constitutional history foreign affairs and the history of international law

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