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Virtual Representation and Consent: Lessons from the Stamp Act Debate

Fri, April 24, 5:10 to 6:40pm CDT (5:10 to 6:40pm CDT), TBA

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This paper reconstructs the Stamp Act debate between American colonists and British parliamentarians to clarify the concept of virtual representation, explain its relation to popular consent, and defend a highly modified version of that theory.

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