THE “MAYFLOWER COMPACT”, THE GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENT OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (English version)

Irina Raluca Ciobanu ()
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Irina Raluca Ciobanu: University “Petre Andrei” from Iasi, Romania

Jurnalul de Studii Juridice, 2011, vol. 1-2, 155-166

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.

Keywords: Colonial America; covenant; democracy; the Mayflower Compact; government (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 K36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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