TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lawson,Gary
AU  - Seidman,Guy
TI  - The constitution of empire: territorial expansion and American legal history 
SN  - 0300102313 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - E179.5 .L36 2004eb
U1  - 342.73/0413 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - History
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Impérialisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Droit constitutionnel
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - LAW
KW  - Constitutional
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Public
KW  - Territorial expansion
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Territories and possessions
KW  - Histoire constitutionnelle
KW  - Expansion territoriale
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Territoires et possessions
KW  - სამართალი--
KW  - აშშ-ს საკონსტიტუციო სამართალი
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-255) and index; Introduction: from sea to shining sea ... and beyond -- pt. I. Acquiring territory. Fundamentals: lessons from Louisiana ; Forms: trouble with Texas? ; Limits: conquest and colonialism -- pt. II. Governing territory. Constitutional architecture I: territorial legislatures and executives ; Constitutional architecture II: territorial courts ; War and peace: military occupation and governance ; Bulwark or façade? The rights of territorial inhabitants ; Conclusion: imperial reflections
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