The charters and its role to limit governing power and to safeguard liberties in the American colonial tradition
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7718.2014.1.16545Keywords:
Letters patent, American colonies, Division of powers, Charters, Liberty, Limited governing power.Abstract
In the present article I intend to investigate if the charters played a role to limit governing power and to safeguard liberties in the American colonies. In the first part of this article, I analyze the legal and political organization of the colonies, which, among another things, usually included three bodies that corresponded to the king and the two houses of the British Parliament, what, in its time, represented a division of powers. In the second part of this article, I delve in the investigation of the charters in the tradition of the American colonies, analyzing its relationship with the letters patent and coming to the conclusion of its role to limit governing power and safeguard liberties in the American colonies.Downloads
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