Federalism and Representation in the Theory of the Founding Fathers

A Comparative Study of U.S. and Canadian Constitutional Thought

Bibliographic Data

ID7364205
AuthorsMichael W Hail, M Hail, Sarah L De Lange (0000-0003-1396-8080), S Lange
Year2010
Volume40
Issue3
Pages366-388
Publication date2010-02-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/publius/pjq001
OpenAlexW2100922201
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

While there are many important points of comparison and contrast between the American and Canadian foundings, perhaps none is more important than the role of political theory. Both the United States and Canada share much in common historically, structurally, and theoretically, yet each established a very different form of federalism that has in turn developed in strikingly different ways. Starting from a common British inheritance, different theoretical applications resulted in divergent conceptions of sovereignty and representation that affected the system of federalism in each country. Our findings demonstrate the crucial importance for understanding the political philosophy of the founding relative to the ongoing dialectic of the Great Conversation. In these two nations, the federalism that developed resulted in substantive differences in representation and constitutional structures. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press

Conversation · Dialectic · Dual federalism · Epistemology · Federalism · Inheritance (genetic algorithm · Political economy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Canadian Identity and History · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Law · Philosophy

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