Colonial Constitutionalism: The Tyranny of United States' Offshore Territorial Policy and Relations
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (517 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739104322 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. territories. This is an important contribution to discussions about territorial status that have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve from constitutionalists. 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. The United States is now perhaps the major colonialist in the world today, and Statham reviews the contemporary i
Five Stars Erdinary and unique. "Good Read" according to Kurt A Estrill. Book gives one a good understanding about colonialism and the way that the Colonial powers play with the life of the people that actually lives in the colonies.
Robert Statham, Jr.'s work emphasizes the pressing needin the face of increasingly strident calls for sovereign independence from America's offshore territoriesfor a modern American republic, fundamentally incompatible with imperialism and colonialism, to grant full U.S. The book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this 'imperialist' strategy has rendered the inhabitants second class citizens. statehood to its overseas possessions.. E. It posits that the creation of a U.S. 'empire' over the last century violated the basis of American constitutionalism through its failure to fully admit annexed offshore territories into the Union. Colonial Constitutionalism exposes one of the great failures of American democracy
Robert Statham, Jr. is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Guam. E.