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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: CULTURE OF CONSTITUTIONALISM Constitutionalism of Politics 21 Language of Constitutionalism 26 CHAPTER 2: PASSAGE OF THE DECLARATORY ACT Need for Declaratory 36 Enactment of Declaratory 38 CHAPTER 3: SCOPE OF THE DECLARATORY ACT Meaning of Declaratory 49 Reaction to Declaratory 52 The Declaratory Grievance 56 Effects of Declaratory 58 CHAPTER 4: THE LOGIC OF SUPREMACY Logic of Parliament 65 Logic of the Revolution 68 Logic of Empire 74 CHAPTER 5: LIMITS OF SUPREMACY Limits on Parliament 81 Limits of Sovereignty 84 vii 3 17 34 47 63 79 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER 6: CONSTRAINTS OF TRUST Limitations of Trust 89 The Articles of Trust 94 CHAPTER 7: CONSTRAINTS OF CONSENT Limitations by Migration 101 Constraints of Popular Sovereignty 107 CHAPTER 8: CONSTRAINTS OF CONTRACT The Second Original Contract 113 Theory of the Original Contract 117 Articles of the Contract 120 CHAPTER 9: CONSTRAINTS OF CONSTITUTIONALISM Limitations by Balance 129 Concept of Arbitrary 134 CHAPTER 10: CONSTRAINTS OF LIBERTY The Rule of Law 144 Institutional Liberty 146 Limits of Coercion 149 CHAPTER 11: CONSTRAINTS OF LAW Restraints of Custom 153 Law of Innovation 156 CHAPTER 12: PRECEDENTS OF HISTORY Fatal Precedents 161 Anachronism of Forensic History 166 CHAPTER 13: PRECEDENTS OF CHARTER The Repugnancy of Charter 179 The Anachronism of Charter 182 The Revocability of Charter 185 The Probativeness of Charter 188 CHAPTER 14: PRECEDENTS OF ANALOGY Boundaries of the Realm 196 The Channel Analogies 198 The Irish Analogy 200 CHAPTER 15: PRECEDENTS OF REGULATION Navigation Precedents 211 The Regulation Distinction 218 CHAPTER 16: AUTHORITY TO REGULATE Theory of Regulation 227 Defining the Authority 233 CHAPTER 17: PRECEDENTS OF LEGISLATION Precedents of Quasi Legislation 253 Precedents of Internal Legislation 267 Conclusion 270 87 97 III 126 142 151 159 172 192 207 222 246 CONTENTS ix CHAPTER 18: LEGISLATION OF SUPREMACY 273 The New York Suspending Act 276 Act of 35 Henry VIII 281 Townshend Acts 286 Tea Tax 290 Tea Act 293 CHAPTERlg: CONCLUSION 300 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 313 SHORT TITLES 315 NOTES 395 INDEX 477 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ...