American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989: A Global Perspective

Contents

v Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface xi Part I Definitions 1 Of Constitutions and Constitutionalisms 3 2 American Constitutionalism Defined: 15 Six Seminal Documents Part II Seven Echoes of American Constitutionalism: A Global Perspective 3 First Echo: Europe, 1776–1800 53 4 Second Echo: Latin America, 1811–1900 105 5 European Interlude, 1800–1848 142 6 Third Echo: European Revolutions of 1848 176 7 European Interlude, 1850–1900 and 201 the American Civil War 8 Fourth Echo: American Empire 223 9 Fifth Echo: World War I to World War II, 1919–1945 250 10 Sixth Echo: American Crescendo, 1945–1974 276 11 Seventh Echo: American Constitutionalism and 320 Democratization, 1974–1989 12 Global Consciousness, Then and Now 357 vi Contents Appendix: A Note on the Historiography of the Influence 373 of American Constitutionalism Abroad: 1776–1989 Notes 377 Index 491 About the Author 544 ...