The Foundations of the Modern Philippine State

Introduction; 1. Republican means, imperial ends: American empire and the rule of law; 2. American theory, Spanish structure, and Ilustrado capacity: inventing the Filipino people, constructing the American colonial state; 3. Foreign in a domestic sense: organic sovereignty, unincorporated territories, and the insular doctrine; 4. Sovereign but not popular: Colonial Leviathan, inherent power, and plenary authority; 5. Progressive interventions, parchment barriers: civilizing mission, colonial development, and constitutional limitations; 6. Popular but not sovereign: colonial democracy and the rise of the Philippine Assembly; 7. American vessels, Filipino spirit: Filipinizing the government of the Philippine Islands; 8. Filipinizing the public: the business of government and the government in business; 9. Progressivism, populism, and the public interest: restoring Taft era and the Cabinet Crisis of 1923; 10. Colonial conflict, constitutional categories: constitutional Imperialism and the Board of Control Cases; 11. From 'is' to 'ought': constitutionalizing colonial legacies; Conclusion.