The Canadian federalist experiment : from defiant monarchy to reluctant republic / Frederick Vaughan.

"The Canadian Federalist Experiment details how the fathers of Canadian Confederation, eager to perpetuate monarchical government despite Enlightenment thinkers' views that republicanism was the only legitimate form of government, embraced the Hobbesean principles of the English constituti...

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Main Author: Vaughan, Frederick.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
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