Thompson Winfred Lee (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Book is in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. 'Sale book - non-returnable' stamp on bottom edge. The decision to colonize the islands, prizes from the Spanish-American War, sparked a wide-ranging debate over the future of the US as a colonial power. In this Ph.D thesis (U. of Chicago, 1987), Thomas (president, U. of Central Arkansas), with a background in legal studies, examines the ways in which Americans imposed their constitutional and legal systems upon the islands while they explained and justified their exercise of sovereignty in those same terms.…

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Thompson, Winfred Lee. The Introduction of American Law in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, 1898-1905. Fayetteville, [AR]: University of Arkansas Press, 1989. 258 pp. Orange cloth fine in lightly worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A near fine copy. $35. * This work examines the immediate aftermath of the Spanish-American War, detailing how the United States established legal and constitutional control over the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Thompson analyzes the difficult transition from Spanish civil law to American common law traditions, exploring the heated domestic debates over America's role as a colonial power. Key themes include the legal justifications for American sovereignty, the role of racial attitudes in crafting colonial policy, and the landmark Insular Cases, which famously determined that residents of these new territories were not entitled to full constitutional rights. This is essential reading for students and scholars of U.S. legal history, imperial history, and foreign policy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing hardcover with dust jacket, clean tight unmarked and unclipped, light edge rubs to covers, a very few page corners turned.