THE “MAYFLOWER COMPACT”, THE GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENT OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
THE “MAYFLOWER COMPACT”, THE GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENT OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Author(s): Irina Raluca CiobanuSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: Colonial America; covenant; democracy; the Mayflower Compact; government
Summary/Abstract: The paper provides a cultural analysis of the first official document used to regulate the government of the American colonies, and aims at highlighting the fact that the most important political legacy of the Puritan world to the modern American world is the concept of government by mutual consent.
Journal: Jurnalul de Studii Juridice
- Issue Year: VI/2011
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 155-166
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English