The Fallacies of States' Rights /

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The idea that "states' rights" restrain national power is riding high in American judicial and popular opinion. Here, Sotirios A. Barber shows how arguments for states' rights, from the days of John C. Calhoun to the present, have offended common sense, logic, and bedrock constit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barber, Sotirios A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Federal government > United States.
States' rights (American politics).
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: America's Oldest Constitutional Debate
  • 1 Why the States Can't Check National Power
  • 2 John Marshall and a Constitution for National Security and Prosperity
  • 3 The Implications of Marshallian Federalism
  • 4 Why States' Rights Federalism Is Impossible to Defend
  • 5 John C. Calhoun's False Theory of the Union
  • 6 States' Rights as Rights Only to Participate in National Processes
  • 7 Why Marshallians Should (But Probably Won't) Win the Federalism Debate
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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