Verenigd maar verdeeld. Constitutionele debatten over jacht en eigendom in het Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

In this article we analyse constitutional debates on game hunting in the post-Napoleonic Low Countries (1814-1819). We demonstrate that these debates reflect fundamental differences within the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-1830), which cannot be retraced to an a priori division between the Northern and Southern provinces. While a majority in the First Chamber favoured a (semi-)seigneurial system protected by the king, a majority in the Second Chamber based its arguments on a modern interpretation of property rights guaranteed by the Constitution of 1815. Building on the line of thoug... Mehr ...