The Legal Foundations of Inequality: Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860

by Roberto Gargarella and Gargarella Roberto

Book Overview

The long revolutionary movements that gave birth to constitutional democracies in the Americas were founded on egalitarian constitutional ideals. They claimed that all men were created equal and with similar capacities and also that the community should become self-governing. Following the first constitutional debates that took place in the region, these promising egalitarian claims, which gave legitimacy to the revolutions, soon fell out of favor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107617812
• ISBN13: 9781107617810
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"