Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament
treatise by Wilson
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discussed in biography
- In James Wilson
…in 1774 of his treatise Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament. In this work he set out a scheme of empire in which the British colonies would have the equivalent of dominion status. In 1774 he became a member of the Committee…
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views on parliamentary sovereignty
- In United States: Constitutional differences with Britain
…when he published it as Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament. In this he fully articulated a view that had been gathering force in the colonies (it was also the opinion of Franklin) that Parliament’s lawful sovereignty stopped at the shores of…
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