Introduction1. Republican means, imperial ends: American empire and the rule of law2. American theory, Spanish structure, and Ilustrado capacity: inventing the Filipino people, constructing the American colonial state3. Foreign in a domestic sense: organic sovereignty, unincorporated territories, and the insular doctrine4. Sovereign but not popular: Colonial Leviathan, inherent power, and plenary authority5. Progressive interventions, parchment barriers: civilizing mission, colonial development, and constitutional limitations6. Popular but not sovereign: colonial democracy and the rise of the Philippine Assembly7. American vessels, Filipino spirit: Filipinizing the government of the Philippine Islands8. Filipinizing the public: the business of government and the government in business9. Progressivism, populism, and the public interest: restoring Taft era and the Cabinet Crisis of 192310. Colonial conflict, constitutional categories: constitutional Imperialism and the Board of Control Cases11. From 'is' to 'ought': constitutionalizing colonial legaciesConclusion.