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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Statham, E. Robert. Colonial constitutionalism. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2002 (OCoLC)606652329 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
E Robert Statham |
ISBN: | 0739103032 9780739103036 0739104322 9780739104323 |
OCLC Number: | 47443851 |
Description: | xi, 159 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: Confronting the Tyranny of U.S. Territorial Extra-Constitutionalism: The Hyperextension of the Extended American Republic -- The U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Pragmatism and the Empty Promise of Confederal Autonomy in the American Federal Republic -- The United States vs. the U.S. Virgin Islands: The Purchase of the Danish West Indies and Their Inhabitants -- U.S. Citizenship Policy in the Territory of Guam: The Making of One Out of Many, or Many Out of One? -- The Unincorporated, Unorganized U.S. Territory of American Samoa: Samoan Traditionalism "Faa-Samoa" vs. American Constitutionalism -- The Confederal/Federal U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A Paradox of "Independent" Dependency -- The Freely-Associated States of Micronesia: Pragmatism vs. Principle in U.S. Foreign Policy -- Conclusion: Self-Determination, Self-Government, and the Definition of Political Status in the U.S. Offshore Territories: A Quest for Justice. |
Responsibility: | E. Robert Statham, Jr. |
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Drawing on an interpretation of the Declaration of Independence based upon classical natural law philosophy, Colonial Constitutionalism provocatively examines the constitutional tensions between the founding philosophy of the United States and current governance arrangements with U.S. territories. This is an important contribution to discussions about territorial status that have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve from constitutionalists. -- Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Robert Statham has written a provocative and stimulating analysis of a truly important and fascinating-and almost grotesquely understudied-topic, the continuing impact and implications of America's venture into imperialism. The United States is now perhaps the major colonialist in the world today, and Statham reviews the contemporary issues presented by our colonies in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and elsewhere. Statham reminds us of significant constitutional issues raised by this imperialism; he also treats the issue within a challenging framework of a Straussian political philosophy. -- Sanford Levinson, author of An Argument Open to All: Reading the Federalist in the 21st Century Read more...


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