Contingency and Constitutionalism in Colonial New York
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12071900 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Thomas Konig (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 381-385 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law and History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0738-2480 • E-ISSN: 1939-9022 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/744105 |
| OpenAlex | W2131885719 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Of all the comments made by British politicians to describe the United States Constitution, Gladstone's remains the most difficult to deny: by calling it “the most wonderful work ever struck off by the brain and purpose of man” he covered the true origins of the document in a mantle of consensus, well understood and coherent in intent, and epitomizing the human capacity for reasoned progress. All of these attributes have little favor among American constitutional historians today, but the remark still makes the rounds
Colonialism · Constitution · Constitutionalism · Contingency · Democracy · Epistemology · Political science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · History · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Philosophy
Fiscal Crises, Liberty, and Representative Government 1450-1789
Fiscal Crises, Liberty, and Representative Government, 1450-1789
Constitutions and Commitment
The Origins of the Federal Republic
The Constitutional Significance of the Financial Settlement of 1690
The Commission of Public Accounts and the formation of the Country Party
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |