The legal foundations of inequality : constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776-1860 / Roberto Gargarella.

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 with similar capacities and also that the community should become self-governing. Following the first constit...

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Main Author: Gargarella, Roberto, 1964- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy ; 8.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750618
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