Notable Early Treatise on the Principles of American Government.A revised version of Nathaniel Chipmans Sketches of the Principles of Government (1793), this early treatise on the underlying principles of American government addresses civil laws and obligations, the social state, rights of property, sovereignty and political power. An important early contribution to American constitutional law, it is also interesting for its Federalist perspective on the evolutions of political institutions from Washington to Jackson.

Nathaniel Chipman [1752-1843] was a leading Vermont Federalist who was...

Notable Early Treatise on the Principles of American Government. A revised version of Nathaniel Chipman's Sketches of the Principles of Government (1793), this early treatise on the underlying principles of American government addresses civil laws and obligations, the social state, rights of property, sovereignty and political power. An important early contribution to American constitutional law, it is also interesting for its Federalist perspective on the evolutions of political institutions from Washington to Jackson. Nathaniel Chipman 1752-1843] was a leading Vermont Federalist who was...