Writing Settler Constitutions, Debating Imperial Responsibility, and Managing the Conscience of Parliamentary Empire, c.1860–1910*.
This article explores how settler self‐government and written constitutions provoked questions about the responsibilities towards Indigenous peoples and the role of British parliament in the imperial constitution. It traces how British and settler commentators drew connections between colonies in th...
| Publicado en: | Parliamentary History Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 35 - 54 |
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Feb2025
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