Rhode Island
This chapter provides a brief overview of the founding of the colony by Roger Williams, who viewed the colony in the same way William Penn viewed Pennsylvania: as a refuge for persecuted religious dissidents. It then focuses on the colony’s tradition of r
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Bills of Rights Before the Bill of Rights “Scholars of American constitutionalism and political thought have long needed and will benefit a great deal from this comprehensive analysis of the original state bills of rights. In Bills of Rights Before the Bill of Rights, Galie, Bopst, and Kirschner show that founding-era state constitutions and declarations of rights are worthy of attention not merely as precursors to the federal bill of rights but because they embody a coherent and distinctive tradition of rights protection and governance that differs in key respects from the understanding that took hold at the federal level.” —John Dinan, Professor of Political Science, Wake Forest University, and author of The American Constitutional Tradition “A long tradition in constitutional law dismisses the earliest state bills of rights as amateurish documents, haphazardly drafted during the chaos of the American Revolution. This invaluable book teaches us otherwise. Through a meticulous excavation of the philosophical, religious, and legal thought of the age, the authors reconstruct a now lost set of understandings and practices that allow them to decode these documents, revealing a fascinating, internally coherent narrative of robust popular sovereignty that deserves an important place in the American constitutional family tree.” —James Gardner, SUNY Distinguished Professor, University of Buffalo School of Law, and author of Interpreting State Constitutions: A Jurisprudence of Function in a Federal System “Brilliant analysis...a very impressive work of scholarship and an important contribution to our understanding of state constitutions within our federal constitutional structure of dual sovereignty.” —Randy Holland, Associate Justice, Delaware Supreme Court (1986–2017), and author of The Delaware State Constitution “Bills of Rights Before the Bill of Rights shows that a rich discourse of rights talk preceded the adoption of the Federal Constitution and found expression in the declarations of rights of early state constitutions. It is a major contribution to our understanding of rights in the American context.” —G. Alan Tarr, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies, Rutgers University, and author of Understanding State Constitutions
Peter J. Galie · Christopher Bopst · Bethany Kirschner
Bills of Rights Before the Bill of Rights Early State Constitutions and the American Tradition of Rights, 1776–1790
Peter J. Galie Department of Political Science Canisius College Buffalo, NY, USA
Christopher Bopst Wilder & Linneball, LLP Buffalo, NY, USA
Bethany Kirschner Woehrle Dahlberg Jones Yao, PLLC Fredericksburg, VA, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-44300-9 ISBN 978-3-030-44301-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44301-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation,
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