Colonial Constitutionalism - The Tyranny of United States' Offshore Territorial Policy and Relations

This book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this 'imperialist' strategy has rendered the inhabitants second class citizens.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Confronting the Tyranny of U.S. Territorial Extra-Constitutionalism: The Hyperextension of the Extended American Republic Chapter 2 The U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Pragmatism and the Empty Promise of Confederal Autonomy in the American Federal Republic Chapter 3 The United States v. The U.S. Virgin Islands: The Purchase of the Danish West Indies and their Inhabitants Chapter 4 U.S. Citizenship Policy in the Territory of Guam: The Making of One Out of Many, Or Many Out of One? Chapter 5 The Unincorporated, Unorganized U.S. Territory of American Samoa: Samoan Traditionalism-"Faa-Samoa" vs. American Constitutionalism Chapter 6 The Confederal/Federal U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A Paradox of "Independent" Dependency Chapter 7 The Freely Associated States of Micronesia: Pragmatism vs. Principle in U.S. Foreign Policy Chapter 8 Self-Determination, Self-Government, and the Definition of Political Status in the U.S. Offshore Territories: A Quest for Justice

About the author

By Robert E. Statham Jr.

Product details

• Authors: Robert E. Statham, Statham Robert E.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2002
• EAN: 9780739104323
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0432-3
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 231 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 245 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Colonialism & imperialism, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, Central / national / federal government policies, Constitution: government & the state, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Central government policies, National liberation and independence, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general