Americas Forgotten Constitutions - Defiant Visions of Power and Community

Robert Tsai's history invites readers into the circle of defiant groups who refused to accept the Constitution's definition of who "We the People" are and how their authority should be exercised. It is the story of America as told by dissenters: squatters, Native Americans, abolitionists, socialists, internationalists, and racial nationalists.

About the author

Robert L. Tsai is Professor of Law at American University.

Summary

Robert Tsai’s history invites readers into the circle of defiant groups who refused to accept the Constitution’s definition of who “We the People” are and how their authority should be exercised. It is the story of America as told by dissenters: squatters, Native Americans, abolitionists, socialists, internationalists, and racial nationalists.

Product details

• Authors: Robert L Tsai, Robert L. Tsai
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2014
• EAN: 9780674059955
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05995-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / General, Politics & government, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Jurisprudence & general issues, History of the Americas, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Constitutional